Two more health units dispatched

LAHORE :On the instructions of the Punjab chief minister Shahbaz, the Provincial Primary and Secondary Health Department has taken more steps for diagnosis and treatment of dengue patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and eight ambulances of Punjab Emergency Rescue Service 1122 along with medical equipment and medicines have been sent to Peshawar. 

According to a handout, two more mobile health units have also been dispatched to Peshawar on the instructions of the chief minister. Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Health Khawaja Imran Nazir who is present in Peshawar along with his medical team said three CBC analyzer machines for blood test of dengue patients and NS-1 kits for dengue tests had also been sent to Peshawar from Lahore. Kh Imran Nazir said Dengue Expert Advisory Group convener Prof Dr Faisal Masood and his team examined 800 people, and blood screening was conducted in the laboratory of mobile health unit. He also said that dengue was confirmed in 150 people whose treatment had been started.    

Orientation session: An orientation session for the newly-inducted medical officers was held at Jinnah Hospital.  According to a press release, Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC) Principal Prof Rashid Zia, Medical Superintendent Dr Sohail Saqlain and other faculty members gave briefing on the norms and discipline to be followed.