Mohali, February 25
In order to prevent dengue fever cases in the upcoming season, the district health department is imparting sensitization training to Nursing college students in the district. Civil Surgeon Dr Sangeeta Jain said that the district team under District Epidemologist Dr Anamika Soni has trained around 1500 students of various Nursing colleges and sensitized them on symptoms, causes, prevention and treatment of the killer disease.
She said that the purpose behind this drive is to get involved Nursing students in the anti-dengue drive and to give a boost to the checking, spraying and awareness campaign Har Shukarwar, Dengu te war” launched by the Punjab Government recently. Moreover, this is also a part of their studies. Students have been taught about that Dengue is a viral infection that spreads from Aedes aegypti mosquito to people. Dengue Symptoms include sudden high fever, severe headaches, pain behind eyes, severe joint and muscle pain, Skin rash, fatigue, nausea, vomiting etc. Self-medication should be avoided if dengue symptoms occur. The prevention method is that water should not be let stagnate anywhere in and around homes and other places as the mosquito prefers to breed in clean, stagnant water easily found in our homes. If for some reason dengue fever occurs, there is no need to panic. The patient should visit a government health facility where dengue test and treatment is absolutely free. The health department’s helpline number 104 may also be contacted. Photo Caption : Dr Anamika Soni imparting training to students.
