KHYBER
Keeping in view the menace of the Monkey Pox, the health department has set up screening point at zero point on Pak-Afghan sharing border, Torkham border last day.
District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Zafar said that to curtail the disease at initial level, the center was established to conduct screening of in- coming and out-going pedestrians at the crossing.
A well trained health crew had been posted for the purpose, he added.
Dr Zafar maintained that well-equipped two isolation wards had been specialized in Headquarter Hospital, Landi Kotal to facilitate the suspected patients of Monkeypox.
Following detection of two patients of Monkeypox in Pakistan, the Director General Health Services Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through a notification nominated police and services hospital and DHQ hospital for management of suspected Monkeypox cases.
He directed the concerned officials of specified health centers to set up at least five bedded isolation ward for suspected Monkeypox cases and nominate a focal person from the concerned institution.
Monkeypox is a rare disease similar to smallpox caused by a virus. The disease spreads through close contact with someone who’s infected. You can also get it from an infected animal.
It’s found mostly in areas of Africa, but has also been seen in other regions of the world.
Signs of Monkeypox include fever, headache, muscle aches, rash, chills, swollen lymph nodes and fatigue. According to health experts there’s no proven treatment for Monkeypox but it usually goes away on its own.
