No physician at Swabi hospitals to treat dengue

E-Paper | March 01, 2026

SWABI, Sept 30: Leaders of various political parties, including Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, have demanded of director general health, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to immediately fill the vacant posts of physicians at Swabi’s two major civil hospitals because presently there is no physician in the district to treat dengue patients.

They told Dawn that government should take prompt action for posting of physicians to the district headquarters hospital and Shahmansoor Hospital Complex.

They said that the presence of physicians was must for the treatment of dengue patients, asking why the replacement was not ensured after transfer of physicians from the district hospitals.

The first dengue case in Swabi district was confirmed on Friday and the patient belonged to Manki village.

Abdul Karim, advisor to the chief minister, said that he had talked to the district health officer and they would take immediate steps for the transfer of physicians because only the establishment of isolated ward at Shahmansoor Hospital Complex was not sufficient.

Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan MPA Babar Khan said that they had already discussed this issue with the health minister and appealed for transfer of physicians to Swabi district.

Masood Jabar of Qaumi Watan Party said that they wanted the health authorities to strengthen the existing infrastructure in the civil hospitals to facilitate patients.

He said that precautionary steps should also be taken to control dengue fever in the district.

Ameer Rehman, former ANP MPA, said that staff provided to the hospitals by the previous government had been transferred.

Former district nazim Jehan Zeb said that the major hospitals in the district should not be used as referral centres and adequate staff, including physicians, should be provided to tackle the dengue threat.

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vijaychennai

Oct 01, 2013 12:10pm

To all the people suffering from Dengue: Do not depend on the hospitals. You have a sure fire remedy which can cure dengue at home. 1. Take a clean papaya leaf 2. Put it in a mixer with little clean water and grind. 3. Extract the juice by filtering thru a clean cloth. 4. 2 spoons of this juice thrice a day will work wonders.

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Roxana R

Oct 01, 2013 05:46pm

Physicians and any other personnel and supplies ought to be provided immediately. But properly trained nurses can provide treatment meanwhile. Here's what I read: "There is no specific medication for treatment of a dengue infection. Persons who think they have dengue should use analgesics (pain relievers) with acetaminophen and avoid those containing ibuprofen, Naproxen, aspirin or aspirin containing drugs. They should also rest, drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration, avoid mosquito bites while febrile and consult a physician. As with dengue, there is no specific medication for DHF. If a clinical diagnosis is made early, a health care provider can effectively treat DHF using fluid replacement therapy. Adequately management of DHF generally requires hospitalization."

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farhan

Oct 01, 2013 08:19pm

Still making fool with Naya Pakistan slogan ?

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ashoka

Oct 01, 2013 08:40pm

dengue no treatment, no vaccine, easily preventable, the mosquito lays eggs on soil near water, and then collects them and floats them in water, so if no water is allowed to collect where it is not required then no propagation of mosquito, next if plants not required, wild plants etc next to human dwellings are not allowed to grow, then mosquito wont be there, this mosquito is not dependant on human for propagation, unlike anopheles which transmits malaria, they can live in forests etc. this mosquito bites only outside house in open, and only in the day, and lives only in clean water, just taking precautions that none of this happens then no dengue or chicken guinea. even Japanese encephalitis, but Japanese do come in house and bite only early hours of morning. usualy in urban areas, where people have overhead tanks, there is over flow and it comes to near house on ground where they breed, no other source, so the over flow pipe of overhead tanks should be connected to the kitchen sink.

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Qaiser Bakhtiari

Oct 01, 2013 10:43pm

Where are all the jihadis when actual work needs to be done.

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Insane Engineer

Oct 02, 2013 07:13am

The leaders ( so called) think, that there should be a separate physician for dengue ? Then why not a separate for flu, different one for diarrohea, different one for constipation, a different one for TB, a different one for ...... Wow, there have to be a lots of physicians, for every thing imaginable under the sun.

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Syed Umaer Anwer

Oct 03, 2013 07:14pm

Naya Khayber Pakhtun Khwah ! wow Applause for the Change makers and thumbsup :)

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