'Woman did not die of dengue at BBH'

RAWALPINDI: A woman patient, who died here at Benazir Bhutto Hospital, was suffering from pneumonia and not from dengue fever, District Health Authority CEO Dr Fayyaz Ahmed said. According to BBH Medical Superintendent Dr Arshad Sabir, deceased Ghazala, a resident of Dhoke Kashmirian, was brought to the hospital in a critical condition. Senior Registrar Medicine Dr Safdar also said that Ghazala was not suffering from dengue virus. She was admitted to Intensive Care Unit on September 25 because of her complicated condition, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6^th, 2017.