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Peshawar: 85 Anti-Dengue Teams Formed

Peshawar (August 24, 2017): Deputy Commissioner has said that 85 teams are being formed by the district administration of two of the most Dengue-effected areas of the city to distribute medicines during the house-to-house anti-Dengue drive to help control the epidemic which has gone out of control.

It may be mentioned that district administration of the city as well as the doctors team sent by Punjab province are separately busy trying to bring Dengue which has gone berserk under control here. According to sources the rush of people seeking treatment over real or suspected dengue epidemic has subsided at the camps set up by Punjab doctors.

The Deputy Commissioner further informed that each team which would include three female and one male staffers will distribute medicines as well as lotion and water-purifying tablets to the people during the house-to-house campaign.

According to the spokesman of the district government houses are being marked with numbers on the pattern used for anti-polio vaccination drive conduct the campaign in a systematic way.

According to the spokesman the actual number of dengue patients is seven while 240 dengue patients have been cured off the disease.

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