Patiala News:Awareness activities conducted in dengue hotspot areas
Under the leadership of Civil Surgeon Patiala Dr. Shelly Jaitley, teams of the Health Department conducted anti-dengue dry day activities in hotspot areas in Patiala district. During this, dengue larvae were checked at New Solar Colony, Ghuman Nagar, Harinder Nagar, Sirhindi Bazaar, Hira Bagh, Majithia Enclave etc. and the larvae found at many places were destroyed on the spot. On this occasion, the general public was made aware about dengue.
On this occasion, Civil Surgeon Dr. Shaili Jaitley appealed to all the residents of Patiala to keep their surroundings clean as well as their homes to prevent the spread of dengue and not to let water collect in empty things inside the houses. Along with this, he said that to make this campaign successful, the help of nursing students , ASHA workers , members of Village Health Committees as well as representatives of Rural Development and Panchayat Department is being taken. He also said that wherever the teams of the Health Department are finding larvae, they are being destroyed on the spot. Along with this, larvicide is also being sprayed on standing water. He advised to get dengue tested if there is a complaint of high fever and body pain.
District Epidemiologist Dr. Gurpreet Kaur said that 31198 people across the district Dengue larvae were checked by reaching homes and 331 The larvae found at the site were destroyed by the teams on the spot. He also informed that till now, 978090 have been treated by the health teams under the Dry Day campaign. A survey of homes has been conducted . Including 6957 Larvae were found at the spot which were destroyed by the teams on the spot and the concerned families were made aware about the preventive measures for the future. He said that till now 40 dengue cases have been found in Patiala district.