Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, October 3:- Street play was organized at Guru Nanak Public School, Balongi with the aim of increasing awareness about HIV/AIDS. Giving information in this regard, SMO of District Hospital Dr. HS Cheema said that the team of Sampurna Suraksha Kendra of District Hospital Phase 6 in collaboration with Noor Naat Kala Kendra organized a street play at Guru Nanak Public School, Balongi.
Through the play, school children were given information about the symptoms, causes, prevention and treatment of this terrible disease. He said that AIDS is a terrible disease about which it is very important to be aware. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV. The initial symptoms of HIV include fever, fatigue, muscle tension, joint pain, headache, cold, dry cough, marks on the face, etc.
The main reasons for its spread are the sharing of needles and syringes, the transfusion of the blood of an HIV-infected person into the body of a healthy person. The diagnosis and treatment of this disease is completely free in various government health institutions.
For information, helpline 1097 can be contacted. On this occasion, school principal Sonika Sharma, administrator Pratap Jaiswal, manager of Sampurna Suraksha Kendra Poonam Sharma, Manpreet Kaur etc. were present.