Mr Frank Nweke said he was committed to prioritising the rights and well-being of people living with disabilities in the state.
Boniface Okolo, the director public health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, said there was a need for people to always stay in airy places to prevent diseases associated with heat.
“If you are looking for fresh people, they will tell you that they just wanted to have a place to work for four to five months before they perfect their papers. It is that serious.
Both government said they had set up committees on the outbreak of diseases, and had stocked their health facilities with drugs and vaccines.
The expert said eating hot foods could compound situations for the body, whose temperature is often high during the period.
KADIRS said that it would soon provide more Point of Sale (PoS) terminals in all public hospitals to ease payment of revenue.
The commissioner disclosed this at an event to mark the ‘2023 World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day’ on Saturday in Lafia.
WHO’s Global Breast Cancer Initiative provides a roadmap to attain the targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040.
The government said it had put machinery in place to deal with the outbreak of heat-related diseases such as meningitis, cholera, measles, diphtheria and Lassa fever among others.
