Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif initiated the campaign against dengue fever and said that people should fight with dengue virus instead of scaring from it.
He said that every person of the society should cooperate with the
government and clean water from open areas, adding that investigation
of deaths due to dengue virus is in progress and the public would be
informed about these investigations, either the deaths were caused by
dengue or other reasons were also involved in these deaths.
This he said while talking to media after initiating the campaign against dengue.
He said that is the responsibility of everybody to clean the water
form open areas, adding that it is responsibility of households,
officials, industrialists, political workers and assembly members and
ministers to clean water, adding that unless we cannot clean the water
it would continue posing threat for the people.
Shahbaz ensured that with the help of nation and civil society we
would control the dengue virus, adding that he requests the TV channels
and newspapers to focus on dengue and point out the loopholes.
He also appealed the media that the if it could not appreciate the
his and his aides efforts against the dengue but should pay regard to
the services of doctors, young doctors and nurses making against the
dengue day and night, adding that if we cannot pay regards to the
services of Sri Lankan doctors then we hurt them.
He asked to the media to present facts and figures in balances way
and pay regard to the services of doctors, whom save many lives.
He said that distribution of 0.5 kits has been started against
dengue virus, adding that kits composed of precautionary medicines
against dengue and all the people should help distribute these
precautionary kits in masses.
He said that a lot of machinery reached in hospitals, adding
medicine is being exporting from India; meanwhile Shahbaz gave courage
to the people that government is working day and night against dengue.
He said that the dengue virus with the help of Allah Almighty would
be defeated and government would continue the programme of progress. SANA
