Clinical Symposium on Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever Held at LGH

In a symposium held on creating awareness on Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever, Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute Prof. Ghias un Nabi Tayyab has said that Congo fever is taken as fatal disease and it can be avoided only by adopting precautionary measures. No vaccine has been made so far in this regard and we all should be very careful while purchase sacrificial animals on Eid ul Azha ensuring that animals do not have ticks in their hides. He expressed these views in a seminar held at PINS Building of Lahore General Hospital where Prof. Imran Hassan Khan, Prof. Khalid Waheed, Dr. Sadaf Munir and Dr. Syed Razi Haider Zaidi addressed and highlighted the complications of Congo virus and suggested different steps to prevent from this epidemic disease. They also threw light on the in time treatment of Congo and measures to prevent to spread it. Medical experts, medical students, media persons, nursing students and general public attended this seminar and expressed their deep interest in the proceedings of the seminar on Congo.
Prof. Ghias un Nabi Tayyab said that Congo fever is an epidemic which correct name in medical terminology is “Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever” and it is more lethal than cancer which grows in the skin of goats and other animals and we should be careful at Eid ul Azha on touching such animals having tucks in their skin and adopt maximum preventive measures. Prof. Ghias un Nabi Tayyab said that Congo virus is inhabitant of African countries which is created from tucks living in the skins of goats, cows, buffalos and camels. These tucks live in the blood of these animals which on touching can transfer to the human beings. Principal PGMI pointed out the symptoms of the Congo patients and told that they suffer from nuisance, fever, hunger, weakness and swelling of eyes and their white cells decrease quickly and start bleeding which ends on death of the patient. He said that Congo is fast spreading disease all over the world so we should be very careful about it.
While addressing seminar medical experts said that after diagnosing of this disease patients and their attendants should have to be careful and wear light colours dresses and gowns, gloves and masks on mouths. They suggested to curb tucks and do spray where the animals are kept. Kids and children should avoid to touch these animals. Keeping in view Eid ul Azha special measures should be taken to keep our surrounding clean. They asked to highlight the real facts of Congo to the general public so that fear of the masses could be minimized and they can adopt precautionary measures at large. Speakers appreciated the holding of such seminar at Lahore General Hospital and said that this practice should continue in other hospitals also.