Yunani doctors launch dengue awareness program

Rafik Jalaldeen

Yunani doctors conducted an awareness program to eradicate dengue mosquito breeding places and a medical camp to treat Yunani system of treatment for dengue patients.

Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Special Commissioner Omar Kamil said the CMC in association with Yunani doctors launched an awareness program at the M.V. Kitchilan Community Hall in Slave Island yesterday. The awareness program was presided by Dr. M I Latheef and four other doctors specializing in the Yunani and Ayurvedic medicine. He said a large number of people from Slave Island area had participated in this program.

A public lecture on how to fight and eradicate the dengue mosquitoes was also held. Kamil noted that the Slave Island area is one of the dengue high risk areas. “People were given free Yunani medicine and instructions to keep their environment clean to prevent the dengue mosquito breedings,” Kamil told the Daily News.

The dengue mosquito eradicating programs were carried out under the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The President had advised the CMC authorities to utilize resources and control the menace, he added.