KHYBER
\nKeeping 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.
\nDistrict 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.
\nA well trained health crew had been posted for the purpose, he added.
\nDr Zafar maintained that well-equipped two isolation wards had been specialized in Headquarter Hospital, Landi Kotal to facilitate the suspected patients of Monkeypox.
\nFollowing 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.
\nHe 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.
\nMonkeypox is a rare disease similar to smallpox caused by a virus. The disease spreads through close contact with someone who\u2019s infected. You can also get it from an infected animal.
\nIt\u2019s found mostly in areas of Africa, but has also been seen in other regions of the world.
\nSigns of Monkeypox include fever, headache, muscle aches, rash, chills, swollen lymph nodes and fatigue. According to health experts there\u2019s no proven treatment for Monkeypox but it usually goes away on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-329175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n