Mansa 14 November,2025 Fact Recorder
Punjab Desk: Under the directions of Deputy Commissioner Mrs. Navjot Kaur IAS, under the leadership of Dr. Ranjit Singh Rai, during the ‘Every Friday-Fight against Dengue’ campaign, breeding checking, spraying activities and awareness camps were organized at Gandhi Senior Secondary School Mansa to create awareness about prevention of Dengue and Chikungunya. Larvicide was also sprayed on finding larvae.
On this occasion, Dr. Ranjit Singh Rai said that for the prevention of dengue in the district, the health department teams are checking the larvae and information is being given for the prevention of dengue. He said that vector borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya, malaria etc. can spread due to rainwater. To prevent this, tires lying on the roofs of buildings/houses, broken pots, water from coolers, garbage lying on the garbage cans etc. should be emptied and dried.
The water in the refrigerator tray, money plant bottle should be emptied and dried once a week and then refilled. If these places are not cleaned and dried, mosquitoes breed, which causes the spread of dengue. Dengue fever is caused by the bite of a mosquito called Aedes aegypti.
On this occasion, District Epidemiologist Santosh Bharti said that if a person has symptoms like high fever, vomiting, pain in the eyes and back, pain in joints and bones, etc., then he should go to the nearest health facility and get himself tested. To prevent mosquito bites, one should wear clothes that cover the entire body and use mosquito repellent creams and mosquito nets while sleeping. Dengue testing is done free of cost in all government hospitals. ASHA workers go door to door to identify suspected patients, bring them to the camp and get them tested as per the doctor’s instructions.
On this occasion, Principal Dimple Monga, Advocate Badri Narayan, Deputy Mass Media and Information Officer Darshan Singh, Pradeep Bansal Lecturer, Health Supervisor Ram Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Insect Collector Krishan Kumar, Bhola Singh, Ravinder Kumar, Health Worker, Gurinderjit Sharma, ANM, ASHA workers and Breeding Checker besides teachers and students of the school were present.
