GADVASU Fraternity Apprised About Dengue Fever Prevention

Directorate of Human Resource Management (HRMC), Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana (GADVASU) organized a lecture on the Prevention of Dengue fever by Dr. Anurag Chaudhary, Professor cum Head, Department of Community Medicine, DMC&H, and Ludhiana.

Dr. Anurag Talks about Intricacies of Viral Infection

The lecture was conducted under the aegis of the institutional development program of Veterinary University. Sensing that dengue fever is spreading its tentacles dangerously, the directorate decided to spread awareness about this emerging dreaded disease among its faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Anurag explained the intricacies of this viral infection in very simple language that a layman can also understand the disease for its proper management.

Simple Steps Can Help

She explained that how by becoming more vigilant and by taking simple steps in our lifestyle and keeping our surroundings clean people can be prevented by this rapidly spreading seasonal viral disease.  To control the infection, she detailed the necessary steps to be taken to control mosquitoes including dodging stagnant water which acts as breeding places for mosquitoes of Aedes spp, the vectors for disease.

Identification Points of Dengue Mosquito

She also discussed simple identification points of the dengue mosquito. She apprised the fraternity about the medication to be taken for dengue fever. She said that taking a lot of fluids and proper rest in the recovery phase is the best method of managing dengue. The audiences were also full of enthusiasm and plenty of practical queries related to dengue and allied problems were clarified by Dr. Anurag.

Dr. C.S. Randhawa, HOD Veterinary Medicine, Dr. S.S. Randhawa, Director Clinics along with Dr. L.D. Singla Director HRMC chaired the session and presented a token of honor to the esteemed guest speaker. Lastly, Dr. Singla thanked the Vice-Chancellor for motivating to accomplish health-related awareness. He thanked Dr. H.S. Banga, Registrar GADVASU for continuous support and guidance to the Directorate of Human Resource Management of the institute. He also thanked Dr. S.P.S.

Ghuman, Dean COVS for conducting such lectures under Institutional Development Project. Dr. Inderjeet Singh, Vice-Chancellor lauded the efforts of Directorate Human Resource Management and also advised to keep arranging such lectures for the welfare of university staff.