Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Saturday that a comprehensive plan had been formulated for ensuring presence of consultants and doctors during Eidul Adha holidays. He was chairing a meeting of the dengue emergency committee. Shahbaz said that uninterrupted provision of medical facilities to the patients suffering from dengue and other diseases will continue during the Eidul Adha. He said elected representatives and administrative secretaries will visit hospitals during holidays and review measures taken in this regard. He directed officers that High Dependency Units (HDU) set up for dengue patients in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Rawalpindi and Multan to be equipped immediately. Shahbaz said that the additional chief secretary and secretaries of health and irrigation will monitor the attendance of doctors and other arrangements in the hospitals, adding that a special control room has been set up in the office of the additional chief secretary for this purpose.
