Tag: Dengue
Dengue spreads tentacles across the country
The dengue epidemic has now spread across the entire country, with several cases reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Sindh on Wednesday, even as...
LGH to combat dengue comprehensively
All the offices of administrative doctors at Lahore General Hospital (LGH) have been shifted to the emergency ward on Wednesday.
This has been done to...
‘Who is responsible for dengue outbreak?’ court asks high-ups
Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Wednesday sought a comprehensive report from the Punjab health secretary, Lahore district coordination...
CM constitutes committee to monitor dengue outbreak
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif constituted the Central Emergency Response Committee on Wednesday to curb the dengue virus in the city. The committee, headed...
CM orders separate units for dengue patients in hospitals
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday issued instructions for setting up separate units for dengue patients in all hospitals of the province and...
Elected members must work to control dengue: CM
In a meeting to review measures to control the dengue virus on Tuesday, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif urged elected members to play an...
Dengue teams at govt OPDs to work 24 hours
Health Secretary Jehanzeb Khan has issued instructions to improve diagnostic and treatment facilities for dengue patients in government hospitals. Out patient departments (OPDs) of...
Private labs mint money as dengue count rises
Dengue patients have resorted to private hospitals and medical laboratories for diagnostic tests and treatment being provided at exorbitant rates, as government hospitals have...
Dengue kills two more
Dengue claimed the lives of two people on Tuesday while residents of posh areas continue to fall victim to the disease. Three family members...
PPP slams Punjab govt’s dengue policy
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Tuesday deplored the poor arrangements of the Punjab government in controlling the deadly effects of dengue fever owing...
Dengue needs to be killed where it breeds
More than 60 percent parks, open plots, green belts, uncovered spaces and dug-up roads, which are nestling stagnant water; breading sites of dengue mosquitoes,...
NIH confirms one dengue-related death
After hitting Lahore and wreaking havoc there, the deadly dengue virus is gripping the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi as National Institute of...
‘Robbers and dengue have made Punjab hostage’
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) has warned that the citizens would demand Pak-Army’s help if the Punjab government kept on failing to protect the life...
Dengue epidemic grips Punjab as 174 more cases reported
District administrations across Punjab have failed to curb the quickly spreading dengue epidemic as the deadly fever has gripped all major cities of Punjab,...
‘Call the ones who couldn’t control dengue’
A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court against the Punjab government and City District Government Lahore (CDGL) against their failure to...
Private hospitals not serious about dengue virus
No government check on private hospitals in handling dengue patients has put several precious lives at risk, with health establishments across the provincial capital...
CM determined to counter dengue on war footings
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed that steps should be taken on war footings for copping with dengue virus and departments concerned should...
