MS Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Aug 2: Several villages in Surankote and small helmets have come under the grip of mysterious kind of eye ailments in tehsil Surankote creating panic among the villagers, sources said here today. Sources said patients from several villages including Lassana, Dundak, Samai, Potha, Fazalabad, Shedhra and adjoining helmets are visiting to Sub District Hospital (SDH) Surankote for the treatment for this unique eye ailment which has initial symptoms of watering eyes with irritation.
Local alleged that despite large number of cases have been reported from Surankote and its adjoining areas but the health authorities yet have to take action in this regard. Hospital sources said everything possible was being done to give relief to these patients. They said initially patients are given simple antibiotics (eye drops) as the cause of this ailment has not been known as yet.
Chairman Mendhar Youth Club Advocate Been Khan appealed to concerned authorities to take some preventive measures at the earliest and provide better medicinal facilities to affected people of the tehsil. |
