Being one of the worst-hit areas by dengue in the past couple of months, the Kirari Assembly constituency has kicked off a campaign to make people aware of swine flu and its prevention.
A large number of residents, especially women, gathered to take oath to save their families from the disease after doctors warned that swine flu, a contagious disease, may spread with dip in temperature.
Congress leader Pratyush Kanth said that while Kirari saw people suffer and die due to dengue, but this time around precautionary measures will be taken. “We will distribute and ask people to wear masks as a precautionary measure. We are also demanding that the Kejriwal Government should ensure that all the chemists in the area should be directed by the Government to stock Tamiflu, a drug that is used to cure the disease and all hospitals and nursing homes should be given free test kits,” he said.
Referring to reports from doctors, Kanth claimed the area was expected to fall prey to swine flu soon. “Doctors here have been warning us that the H1N1 influenza is going to hit Kirari just the way dengue has been creating havoc... Not only do the big hospitals but even the smaller clinics have to be prepared for it,” Kanth said.
“We are ready with the road map of combating swine flu, and today under the programme, hundreds of people took a five-point oath to fight it out. In the coming weeks, in all the 106 colonies and three villages within this Constituency, similar programmes will be carried on by the Congress,” he added.