We have learnt from the history that we do not learn from the history and those who do not learn from the history are doomed to repeat it.
One of my friend once told me that and how correctly this statement fits to the present situation.Dengue although over rated by our pseudo intellectual media,has added to our current misery.No electricity , soaring fuel prices and above all this bone break disease. I still remember working extra shifts last two years and hoping that someone would come up with the simple thing called Prevention .
Its not the death rate I am worried because , dengue is still far less lethal than other viral diseases like HCV/HBV endemic in our population but its our sense of responsibility which is real concern. They say , prevention is better than cure but I think our health department is so naive to understand this and this easily preventable disease has become a nightmare for our provincial capital while we are still listening to the chants of good governance by our masters.
Its not strange if Punjab Govt , plays a blame game and holds Federal Govt responsible for this like electricity short fall but the real concern is what did we do to control this havoc.One outbreak is disease , two is misery but five outbreaks mean its just not poor public health policy its bigger than that . None of us is ready to take responsibility , every year in summer we know by courtesy of media that how this disease spreads and yet we the good citizens of Lahore hardly do anything required. The fresh water source is our waste which we add to the environment. Then we are not ready to face it as well . We are proud Nation consisting 170million people and we run short of blood donation pools. We are successful business personals but we hide platelet kits to have extra profit. We actually wait for the epidemic to earn extra profit.
Although our Govt has failed in many spheres and Media has been acting juvenile but we the citizens of this land are equally responsible for this epidemic and if we do not take responsibility then the time is near when this epidemic will be endemic and all we have is misery and despair. Its time to stand up and prove ourselves and learn from the history and better prepare ourselves for bigger things to come than a preventable viral disease.
Dedicated to all the Medical Personals walking extra mile to make a difference . I am proud of you all
Pakistan Zindabaad.
One of my friend once told me that and how correctly this statement fits to the present situation.Dengue although over rated by our pseudo intellectual media,has added to our current misery.No electricity , soaring fuel prices and above all this bone break disease. I still remember working extra shifts last two years and hoping that someone would come up with the simple thing called Prevention .
Its not the death rate I am worried because , dengue is still far less lethal than other viral diseases like HCV/HBV endemic in our population but its our sense of responsibility which is real concern. They say , prevention is better than cure but I think our health department is so naive to understand this and this easily preventable disease has become a nightmare for our provincial capital while we are still listening to the chants of good governance by our masters.
Its not strange if Punjab Govt , plays a blame game and holds Federal Govt responsible for this like electricity short fall but the real concern is what did we do to control this havoc.One outbreak is disease , two is misery but five outbreaks mean its just not poor public health policy its bigger than that . None of us is ready to take responsibility , every year in summer we know by courtesy of media that how this disease spreads and yet we the good citizens of Lahore hardly do anything required. The fresh water source is our waste which we add to the environment. Then we are not ready to face it as well . We are proud Nation consisting 170million people and we run short of blood donation pools. We are successful business personals but we hide platelet kits to have extra profit. We actually wait for the epidemic to earn extra profit.
Although our Govt has failed in many spheres and Media has been acting juvenile but we the citizens of this land are equally responsible for this epidemic and if we do not take responsibility then the time is near when this epidemic will be endemic and all we have is misery and despair. Its time to stand up and prove ourselves and learn from the history and better prepare ourselves for bigger things to come than a preventable viral disease.
Dedicated to all the Medical Personals walking extra mile to make a difference . I am proud of you all
Pakistan Zindabaad.
That's very true my friend. That's where the money is. Prevention.. but the problem is.. our people who have done masters in public health.. a lot of them do not really have knowledge of public health measures. And they only do masters because this helps them secure an administrative post, like M.S or DMS of a hospital. Precaution is the best treatment and a lot of it comes from common sense, which is not very common especially in our nation. We never learn. Where do you spend most of your time ? Outdoors ? NO! Indoors ! That's where you will get this disease and govt cannot spray everyone's house. Simple measures like using mosquito repellents, avoiding the places where mosquitoes are abundant and full sleeve shirts n socks will prevent it. And if only everyone in our community stopped washing their car porches n whole house everyday, and stop contributing to that puddle of mud and water in the street, the problem will be solved. But who cares ? Everyone looks up to the other person to do something and take a step and nobody realizes that someone else is also looking up to us as their "other person". Thats where the problem is. Honestly... I dont believe that we have a bright future. We are going to have even worse dengue next year and even worse floods next yr. Mark my words.
ReplyDeleteHay My Friend Cheema , you elaborated my point so well and yes that's the whole point that we blame others for things we are responsiblefor. Next will be really bad I guess
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