By:Mian Hakeemuddin
Until latest reports Dengue epidemic in Punjab has claimed 178 lives, of which 168 deaths occurred in Lahore alone. Total number of dengue patients in Punjab reached 12,946 out of which 11,343 belonged to provincial capital Lahore. Number of casualties are feared to raise due to lack of governance in Punjab. I would like to assert that Punjab ‘s dengue epidemic is purely man -made and epidemic maker is nobody else other than Punjab’s chief minister Shahbaz Sharif
. Because he is not only too late to respond dengue outbreak this time but no precautions had been adopted as Punjab had suffered from dengue epidemic last year. he was heedless to set up experts’ team to tackle this issue. And this time he is bluffing again. Because dengue mosquito is not like malaria mosquito. Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries dengue does not travel far from its breeding place , unlike other species of mosquito, which explains why dengue outbreaks tend to occur in localized areas of a few hundred meters radius. It is established fact that dengue spread by infected human migrant workers more than migrant mosquitoes. Therefore, when an outbreak is determined in a particular location, the authorities are liable to move forward and spray. If someone living near you gets dengue , and especially if another person living near you also gets dengue. Shahbaz responded very late and sprays which he provided to authorities were out-dated and eventually dengue wreaked havoc. There were reports of definite flaws in fumigation and sprays. Meanwhile federal government made arrangements for sophisticated machines and sprays to combat Mr. Sharif-made dengue epidemic and federal government also called on Sri Lankan and WHO expert teams to help Pakistan to eradicate dengue epidemic. Federal government released hundreds of millions rupees to Punjab government to fight against dengue epidemic but again as usual Mr. Sharif misused all those funds. I would like to suggest Mr. Sharif that this is not the time of photo sessions, this is the national emergency so he should learn a lesson from the work of his counterpart in Sri Lanka and eradicate dengue with sincere efforts like his counterpart did in Sri Lanka.According to epidemiologists flaws in fumigation and sprays, careless management in hospitals and lack of community involvement in the drive against the dengue mosquito are the main reasons for continuous spread of dengue virus across the Punjab and country as well. In Lahore Sheikh Zaid hospital is the only hospital where patient care is good while all other hospitals there has been careless management since dengue’s outbreak. Shiekh Zaid hospital is to be managed by cabinet division under federal government, while rest of the hospitals are to be managed by Punjab government. These facts and figures again validate health experts’ narrative that there is careless management in hospitals on the part of Punjab government. This is gross negligence and total failure of Shahbaz Sharif. Dengue is not as such epidemic like plague and others. But Shahbaz has made it epidemic. So it is not wrong to say that this is Shahbaz-made dengue epidemic in Punjab. People of Punjab don’t like PML-N and Nawaz Shahbaz, so perhaps both brothers have devised this strategy to punish and to kill innocent people of Punjab. It is a dangerous bloody game. It is more dangerous than targeted killing in Karachi. Biological lethal weapon of dengue has been used by Punjab government against the people of Punjab. ….UNCHECKED MASS KILLING IS ON…..
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