World Hepatitis Day is observed every year on 28th July to make awareness among the people about the the disease of hepatitis but the day was silently observed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
About one million people die each year from the chronic disease of hepatitis while globally in every 12 people one was infected from hepatitis B and C with around 240 million people suffereing from hepatitis B while 150 million people from hepatitis C.
According to the data received by The Frontier Post that 47,000 patients were registered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the disease was spreading rapidly and the patient ratio was increasing day by day in hospitals of the province.
The data shows that in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 11,000 patients of hepatitis B were treated in the province while 21,000 patients were under treatment as well as 27,000 patient of hepatitis C were treated while 12,000 patients of hepatitis C treatment were in progress.
According to the data in Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar 2,000 patients of hepatitis were under treatment while in City hospital 5000 patients of hepatitis were under treatment, in Khyber Teaching Hospital 700 patient of hepatitis were under treatment while in Hayatabad Medical Complex 250 patients of hepatitis C patients were under treatment.
The data further said that that in Nowshera,600 patient, Mardan 800 patients, Swat 700, Bannu 300, Dir lower150, Chitral, 10, Kohat,300, Swabi 240, Batagram 170 and in Abbotabad 370 patients of hepatitis C were under treatment in the province.
The Hepatitis Control Program of Health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was badly affected due to the scandals over the low quality of interferon injection distributed to the hospitals of the province as the previous DG health and many others officials of the health department were arrested in the scandal for playing with the life of innocent people.
The health experts were of the opinion that the water of Peshawar were contaminated as most of the people were infected of hepatitis B and C due to the low quality of drinking water while most areas of Peshawar where the sewerage system and water pipes were gone through canals which was the main factor of hepatitis in the area.
The previous government of Awami National Party claim that they would change the rusted pipes of Peshawar but still most of the areas was rusted water pipes which were the main cause of hepatitis B and C.
It is the need of the hour that the current government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf takes step forward and changes all the rusted pipes of Peshawar as it was the main cause of hepatitis B and C and save the life of people.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hepatitis Day : KP has 47,000 hepatitis B & C patients
World Hepatitis Day is observed every year on 28th July to make awareness among the people about the the disease of hepatitis but the day was silently observed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
About one million people die each year from the chronic disease of hepatitis while globally in every 12 people one was infected from hepatitis B and C with around 240 million people suffereing from hepatitis B while 150 million people from hepatitis C.
According to the data received by The Frontier Post that 47,000 patients were registered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the disease was spreading rapidly and the patient ratio was increasing day by day in hospitals of the province.
The data shows that in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 11,000 patients of hepatitis B were treated in the province while 21,000 patients were under treatment as well as 27,000 patient of hepatitis C were treated while 12,000 patients of hepatitis C treatment were in progress.
According to the data in Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar 2,000 patients of hepatitis were under treatment while in City hospital 5000 patients of hepatitis were under treatment, in Khyber Teaching Hospital 700 patient of hepatitis were under treatment while in Hayatabad Medical Complex 250 patients of hepatitis C patients were under treatment.
The data further said that that in Nowshera,600 patient, Mardan 800 patients, Swat 700, Bannu 300, Dir lower150, Chitral, 10, Kohat,300, Swabi 240, Batagram 170 and in Abbotabad 370 patients of hepatitis C were under treatment in the province.
The Hepatitis Control Program of Health department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was badly affected due to the scandals over the low quality of interferon injection distributed to the hospitals of the province as the previous DG health and many others officials of the health department were arrested in the scandal for playing with the life of innocent people.
The health experts were of the opinion that the water of Peshawar were contaminated as most of the people were infected of hepatitis B and C due to the low quality of drinking water while most areas of Peshawar where the sewerage system and water pipes were gone through canals which was the main factor of hepatitis in the area.
The previous government of Awami National Party claim that they would change the rusted pipes of Peshawar but still most of the areas was rusted water pipes which were the main cause of hepatitis B and C.
It is the need of the hour that the current government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf takes step forward and changes all the rusted pipes of Peshawar as it was the main cause of hepatitis B and C and save the life of people.
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