Rawalpindi : Provincial Health Minister, Khawaja Salman Rafique urged the health authority to respond to the prevailing dengue situation with full scale by utilizing all resources and with zero tolerance towards any negligence by the health officials.
He said that controlling dengue is the top priority of the government. He remarked this while chairing an anti-dengue meeting which was held in the deputy commissioner’s office. The meeting was attended by MNA Malik Abrar, Focal Persons for Dengue Dr Wasim Akram, Additional Deputy Commissioner Hasan Tariq and other heads of relevant departments.
The minister reviewed the dengue situation in Rawalpindi in detail and directed the officers from relevant departments to go out in the field and perform their duties as a national duty. “Case response should be immediately covered by IRS spraying and fogging,” he said.