No facilities: Another dengue case in Mirpurkhas

Another dengue fever case was reported on Sunday and the patient was referred to Karachi for treatment.

MIRPURKHAS: Another dengue fever case was reported on Sunday and the patient was referred to Karachi due to lack of proper dengue treatment facilities in Mirpurkhas. From Bhansinghabad, 30-year-old Imran was confirmed as dengue positive and was referred to Karachi as there were no proper medical facilities available in Mirpurkhas. The local healthcare sources said that so far six dengue fever cases have been reported in the district while two girls have already died of dengue. They said Civil hospital lacks facilities to treat the dengue patients.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 18^th, 2013.