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| June 17, 2006 | Saturday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1427 |
Hepatitis on the rise in Qambar area
LARKANA, June 16: Hepatitis B and C cases are increasing in Ghaibidero and Hamal union councils of the Qambar-Shahdadkot district owing to repeated use of glass syringes by quacks and unregistered medical practitioners. This was stated by Health and Education Society president Dr Zulfikar Rahoojo on occasion of a free blood screening test camp for Hepatitis B and C in Qambar on Friday.
Dr Shafique Rahman Shah, Dr Farooque Soomro and Dr Hafiza Rahoojo conducted blood screening of 200 risky patients having history of usage of glass syringes.
Dr Rahoojo said that 50 patients whose blood was screened gave the history of visiting barbers’ shop for shaving.
He said that eight cases of hepatitis B and three of hepatitis C were detected in the camp during screening.
The hepatitis B and C negative cases were advised for early vaccination to avoid the disease.
The organisers believed that the percentage of hepatitis B and C could be increased if more such camps were held and people educated for early reporting and diagnosis.
Dr Rahoojo urged the government to bear the treatment expenses of patients from the zakat and baitulmal funds of patients suffering from hepatitis B and C because poor people could not afford the cost of treatment if inflicted with the disorder.
“The team plans to hold free blood screening camps in the mountainous belt of the Qambar-Shahdadkot and in the areas where people drink highly contaminated water”, Dr Rahoojo said.
Dr Soomro said that recent results obtained from Hamal area showed that out of 60 checked patients, 28 cases of positive cases of hepatitis B were detected.
In Qubo Saeed Khan, out of 54 people, 11 were found inflicted with hepatitis C.
In Larkana, recently Shahbaz Social Welfare Organisation conducted a random blood screening of pedestrians and found 55 positive cases of hepatitis B out of 250.
He said that main causes of spreading of hepatitis in rural areas were contaminated water, not using fresh blade by barbers and multiple use of plastic syringe and glass syringe.
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