Patiala News:Dengue awareness activities conducted in government and private schools

Under the leadership of Civil Surgeon Patiala Dr. Shelly Jaitley, teams of the Health Department conducted anti-dengue dry day activities at government and private schools, colleges, universities etc. in Patiala district. During this, dengue larvae were checked at Delhi Public School, Modi College, Badha Dal School, Polytechnic College, BN Khalsa School etc. and the larvae found at many places were destroyed on the spot. On this occasion, the general public was made aware about dengue.

Keeping in mind the rainy season, 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 during the rainy season 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 the 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.

District Epidemiologist Dr. Gurpreet Kaur said that today 34650 people from across the district have tested positive for COVID-19. Dengue larvae were checked by reaching homes and 229 were found. The teams destroyed the larvae found at the spot. He also informed that till now, 835898 have been treated by the health teams under the Dry Day campaign. A survey of homes has been conducted . Of which 4988 Larvae were found at the scene, which were destroyed on the spot by the teams and the concerned families were made aware about future prevention.

It is noteworthy that a special meeting was held at the Civil Surgeon’s office with representatives of private hospitals of Patiala district regarding dengue, malaria, chikungunya etc. They were told that timely reporting of notifiable diseases is necessary so that any possible outbreak can be prevented from spreading.