Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) Principal Anjum Habib Vohra on Wednesday said dengue counters had been set up at the Outdoor Patients Department of Lahore General Hospital (LGH).
Vohra was presiding over a meeting to review dengue arrangements at the hospital.
The meeting was attended by Dr Ghayasun Nabi Tayyab, Dr Ihtishamud Din, Medical Superintendent Amjad Shahzad, the nursing superintendent, the blood bank in-charge and other doctors.
Vohra said no patient with dengue fever symptoms had been brought to LGH, but the hospital was equipped to handle an outbreak.
He said the hospital was being sprayed with insecticide regularly to prevent dengue mosquito breeding.
Vohra directed the doctors to ensure presence of subordinate staff during all three shifts and to send reports about latecomers to the medical superintendent. He also directed the nurses to keep patients’ charts updated.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 12th, 2013.