ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has decided to start free of cost pollen allergy relief camp at Aabpara Community Centre, soon for providing treatment facilities to the allergy patients. This camp will start in the ongoing month after reviewing the reports from the Met office regarding the pollen count in the atmosphere, District Health officer (DHO), Dr Azhar Khan told the agency.
He said that as per past practices, homeopathic, allopathic and herbal treatment facilities would be provided to the allergy patients free of cost including all allergy medicines. According to a source in the Met office, the trend in allergic pollen would change soon and the concentration of paper mulberry pollen would also increase and dominate the other allergic pollen in the second half of March.
The pharmaceutical companies and philanthropists have also announced donations of medicines for the camp which will remain continue for more than 10 days, Dr Azhar said. The medical facilities include free life saving medicines in the emergency department besides nebulisation, bronchodilaters, steroids, oxygen therapy, nursing care and specialists consultation etc.