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Hepatitis reaches alarming pro

ISLAMABAD: The fatal disease like hepatitis has reached alarming proportion among the Islamabad police as every second police personal is suffering from hepatitis B or C.
As per survey conducted by Online that 80 percent patients of hepatitis admitted to the federal hospitals here belong to police personnel or the members of their families.

The long and hard duty hours and lack of proper arrangements of messing are the root causes behind growing number of victims of hepatitis among police personnel. This fatal disease is spreading among the family members of the police jawans.

The police personnel infected by hepatitis are not found fit for performing their duties in proper way. They are not subjected to hepatitis tests at the time of recruitment.

The high ups of federal police should pay special attention towards this issue and ensure the medical test of all police personnel with reference to hepatitis so that they could be protected against the deadly diseases.

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