Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has said that a spike in dengue cases was being witnessed in the wake of changing weather over the past six weeks with Lahore reporting 1,603, Rawalpindi 208, Attock 20, and Sargodha 15 cases.
Speaking at a press conference at the Chief Minister Secretariat on Saturday, the health minister said four lives have been lost since January 2021 in the province.
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She said Punjab hospitals were catering to dengue and Covid-19 patients simultaneously. “Beds have been increased in High Dependency Units of Punjab.
In public sector hospitals of Lahore, 530 beds have been reserved for Dengue patients and 138 beds have been reserved in HDUs. In Lahore, 190 patients are under treatment in public sector hospitals and 81 patients are admitted in private hospitals,” she said.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 3rd, 2021.
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