Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 30: Expressing concern over rising cases of dengue in Jammu with over hundred people found affected with the vector-borne disease this year, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) State Executive Member, Raman Suri today urged the Health Authorities, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) and allied organisations to gear up and start massive awareness cum cleanliness drive to contain the spread of the disease and provide better treatment to the ailing patients.
In a handout Suri said, 11 patients have been tested positive just in past two days which establishes that adequate preventive measures are not being taken by the health authorities. He asked Director Health to send his teams in city areas, hospitals and even villages to make people aware of dengue and its preventive measures.
He also said that fogging by JMC must be enhanced to get rid of mosquitoes and areas stagnated with water should be cleaned on priority.
Suri said that since the past some time dengue has been creating panic amongst people in Jammu due to which many patients had moved outside the State for treatment.
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