Fight against hepatitis flares up

ISLAMABAD: Secret of success in fight against hepatitis is to enable the masses to know how to dodge this killer before it lands them in hospital. Prevention is possible in most cases.
These are the views of Dr Faisal, who is known in the southern Punjab as a crusader against this disease. He goes from village to village, giving lectures at schools, colleges and community gatherings on how to prevent this disease and how to stay healthy.
Pakistan is the second country with the highest number of hepatitis patients. Old surveys reported ten million patients of this one of the five most dangerious killers of the world. Over seventy percent of them, or seven million of these patients, are only in Punjab.
There are some areas where thirty to forty percent of populations are infected and the diseases is spreading like wild fire.
In Punjab, southern Punjab is considered the most unaware, and uneducated part with the most neglected of healthcare facilities. Now the Punjab government has woken up to the ugly reality of this killer and set up Pakistan Kidney and Lever Institute and Research Centre (PKLI & RC) in Lahore. Under this project, Hepatitis Prevention and Treatment Centres are being set up in all districts of the province.