Patiala News: In the hotspot area Dry day activities performed
Health Department teams led by Civil Surgeon Patiala Dr. Sally Jaitley conducted anti-dengue dry day activities in hotspot areas of Patiala district.
During this, houses in Gurdarshan Nagar, New Lal Bagh, Green Park, Mathura Colony, Officers Colony etc. were checked for dengue larvae and the larvae found in many places were destroyed on the spot.
Civil Surgeon Dr. Sally Jaitley has 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, she said that to make this campaign successful, the help of pharmacy students, interns, nursing students, ASHA workers, members of Village Health Committees as well as representatives of the Rural Development and Panchayat Department is being sought.
District Epidemiologist Dr. Gurpreet Kaur appealed to the general public to keep their surroundings clean and not allow water to stagnate near their homes. She also said that wherever the health department teams are finding larvae, they are being destroyed on the spot. Along with this, larvicide is also being sprayed on the standing water. This time, 60 dengue cases have been found in the entire Patiala district so far.
Under the anti-dengue Dry Day campaign, teams of staff, nursing staff, VHNC members and ASHA workers reached 20311 houses across the district this week and checked for dengue larvae and the larvae found at 112 places were destroyed by the teams on the spot. He also said that so far, 1144182 houses have been surveyed by the health teams under the Dry Day campaign, out of which larvae were found at 8348 places, which were destroyed by the teams on the spot and the concerned families were made aware about future prevention.