Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and other authorities concerned, including divisional and district administrations, have taken precautionary measures including cleaning of all possible breeding grounds of Aedes mosquito to prevent any outbreak of dengue in the city and its outskirts.
Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) AHM Khairuzzaman Liton said this following a high-level coordination meeting held at conference hall of City Bhaban in Rajshahi on Thursday afternoon. The RCC Mayor chaired the meeting.
Commissioner of Rajshahi division Nur-Ur-Rahman, Director of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) Brig Gen Jamilur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner Hamidul Haque, Divisional Director of Health Dr Gopendra Nath Acharya, Additional Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Sujayet Islam and Divisional Deputy Director of Department of Secondary and Higher Education Dr Shormin Ferdous Chowdhury attended the meeting, among others.
The meeting discussed and devised various ways and means on how to free the Rajshahi region from dengue infection.
Brig Gen Rahman said that a separate ward has been opened for the dengue patients in RMCH.
Dr Gopendra Nath Acharya told the meeting that a total of 397 dengue patients have, so far, been identified in the division. All of them received treatment and they are now well. However, there is no any death report, he said.
Mayor Liton apprised the meeting that the city corporation health workers and others concerned are making people aware of dengue fever going to their doorsteps. He urged the citizens to become more cautious to protect themselves from the dengue infection. The city corporation has launched a hectic mosquito control and cleanliness drive at its various places aiming at making it free from the dengue infection.
In the drive, all possible mosquito breeding places such as drains, bushes and landfills of mosquito are being destroyed. Liton said that the city corporation is conducting special crush programmes for mosquito control and cleanliness. In phases, all the major installations and institutions will be brought under the programme.
