Raza Naqvi
Attock
The District Emergence Response Committee (DERC) of district Attock on Tuesday has detected flaws in anti dengue measures and stressed the need of beefing up arrangements to minimize the spread of dengue cases in the district and expressed concerned over poor response from some quarters.
The meeting of the District Emergence Response Committee (DERC) which was held over the chair of deputy commissioner Ali Annan Qammar was attended by all Assistant Commissioners, deputy district health officers, tehsil Officers of district education authority of six different tehsil reviewed the progress regarding anti dengue indoor, outdoor surveillance activities, status of suspected, probable, confirmed cases in district. The members have expressed their concern on low number of suspected cases reported from THQ Hospital Pindigheab and directed the relevant assistant commissioner to visit THQ Hospital and personal check reporting mechanism of 100 bedded hospital.
The members also expressed their concern over poor performance of lady health workers (LHWs) in Hassanabdal and directed concerned authorities to take appropriate action.
