1200 dengue patients within 12 days
January 13, 2017
1200 dengue patients have been recorded during the first twelve days of this year state health authorities.
Consultant Physician of the National Dengue Control Unit Dr. Prashila Samaraweera told media that most of the dengue patients have been reported from Colombo and Gampaha districts.
She said however much programmes to eradicate dengue are carried out, eradicating dengue would not be successful as there is no proper process to remove garbage. She also said that though a number of Dengue Prevention Workshops had been conducted, the involvement of the general public for the cause remains at a bare minimum.
Seventy eight persons died of dengue and more than 49,000 dengue patients had been admitted to hospitals in the year 2016. A draft necessary to formulate a national policy to eradicate dengue from the island has been compiled by a committee and it has been already handed over to the Minister said Dr. Prashila Samaraweera.
