Phichit, June 16 – Phichit Police Station visits villages in Pak Tang Subdistrict after villagers join together to make an agreement. If you find mosquito larvae at any home will be fined 2 baht per container, making this village free of dengue patients for 3 years
Dr. Wisit Apisitwittaya Phichit Provincial Public Health Doctor Check out the work of Public Health Volunteers in Paktang Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phichit Province After Mr. Surasak Chalermsathan, Paktang sub-district chief, led a group of volunteers to inspect mosquito larvae in people's houses living in various containers, including water bowls, foot baths, basins and shells, until they became a hatching point for mosquitoes.
this village Paktang sub-district sub-district chief called villagers to form a village community. and made an agreement that If mosquito larvae are found in the house, whoever will fine 2 baht per container and put a red flag in front of the house to know that this house has mosquitoes But if found in the community leader's house, such as the villagers' homes, the fine will be doubled, but if found in the house The headman of the subdistrict Administrative Organization will be increased to 4 times, with the proceeds going to the Village Development Fund. If any house does not find mosquito larvae, it will use a green-winged flag in front of the house.
This village has been operating since 2011, the year of the great flood. There is a lot of water and there is an epidemic of dengue fever. There are so many people in the village suffering from dengue fever that today, intensive action has made the village free from dengue patients for three years.
Dr. Wisit Apisitwittaya Phichit Provincial Public Health Doctor revealed that it is a good example that will be extended to villages so that villagers are aware of how to treat themselves and their families. Causing safety for people in homes, communities and villages . – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency