Patiala News: Civil Surgeon Patiala Dr. Sally Jaitley led the teams of the Health Department to conduct anti-dengue dry day activities in the hotspot areas and slum areas of Patiala district.
During this, dengue larvae were checked in places and houses in Krishna Colony, Raghomajra, Anand Nagar, Azad Nagar, Virk Colony etc. and the larvae found in many places were destroyed on the spot.
Keeping the weather in mind, Civil Surgeon Dr. Shelly 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 allow water to accumulate in empty items inside the houses. Along with this, he said that to make this campaign successful, ASHA workers, The help of members of Village Health Committees as well as representatives of the Rural Development and Panchayat Department is being sought.
District Epidemiologist Dr. Gurpreet Kaur said that this weather is conducive for the reproduction of dengue larvae, so one should keep their surroundings clean and do not allow water to stagnate near the houses. 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.
He further informed that this time 69 dengue cases have been found in the entire Patiala district so far. He advised to get dengue tested if there is a complaint of high fever and body pain.
Under the anti-dengue campaign, 19349 houses across the district were checked for dengue larvae this week and the teams destroyed the larvae found at 93 places on the spot. He also said that so far, 1231082 houses have been surveyed by the health teams under the Dry Day campaign , out of which larvae were found at 8916 places, which were destroyed by the teams on the spot and the concerned families were made aware about future prevention.