Islamabad: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has designated a 20-bedded room for dengue patients ahead of the monsoon season, which is likely to begin next week.
According to a senior staff member of the hospital, the largest government-run in the capital city, the anti-dengue room has all the facilities for the patients suffering from the mosquito-borne disease.
He said the hospital had trained 150 staff members, including doctors, nurses and paramedics, on dengue treatment and secured medicines in adequate quantity.
Meanwhile, doctors said dengue outbreaks occurred during the rainy season, when conditions were perfect for mosquito breeding.
They said there was no vaccine to prevent human infection by dengue virus, personal protection and the environmental management of mosquitoes were important in preventing illness.
The doctors asked the people to install wire gauze on doors and windows, use mosquito nets when sleeping in the open, and cover pits of stagnant water, sand or mud around houses and destroy old tyres and vessels that store water as they were a good source of mosquito breeding.
Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri took up Sher Afzal bail plea for hearing
CCP’s announcement made, stating that applicants are required to pay money upfront in order to enroll
According to details, the police took a van filled with female students of medical college to a police station on...
In this image, the logo of the Nowshera Press Club can be seen. — Facebook/Nowshera Press Club/FileNOWSHERA: The...
Senator Sherry Rehman said the PPP had previously extended an offer to the PTI to form a government, but the PTI is...
A division bench comprising Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Dr Khurshid Iqbal heard the petition filed by the KP...