Civil Surgeon (CS) of Gaibandha Dr Abdullahil Mafi on Monday urged all to be alerted and conscious about dengue disease and its preventive measures in the changed situation.
“If an infected aides mosquito particularly the female one bites a person, he or she might be attacked with dengue disease. Fever, Nausea, vomiting, Rash Aches and pains or any warning sign are the symptoms of dengue. If the symptoms are found in a person, he or she should consult with a registered physician without any delay,” he said.
The CS made these observations while addressing a function ‘Doings in Preventing Dengue’ at the conference room of deputy commissioner (DC) in Gaibandha as the main resource person while deputy director-Local Government Shariful Islam presided over it. After proper diagnosis, the doctor would confirm whether the person has been attacked with dengue disease or not, the CS added.
As the dengue has broken out across the country, he emphasized for taking necessary measures to fight against dengue. In this context, collective efforts of all multi stakeholders are very indispensable to combat the dengue.
As part of the preventive measures of dengue, the health department is conducting awareness campaign in the district. The measures include awareness building, installing billboard, leaflet distribution, cleanliness drive, reading khutba by Imams in the mosques, milking through loud speakers and mosquito killing drive.
They also urged the stakeholders each to make the office and residence its surrounding areas neat and clean to prevent the spread of dengue.
District level officials, all Upazila Nirbahi Officers of the district, public representatives, journalists, scout leaders, NGO activists attended
the meeting.
