Dengue Fever: Female patient expires in Faisalabad hospital

EDO Dr Abdur Rauf says 13 patients were brought from different parts of Faisalabad on Friday.

FAISALABAD:

A female dengue patient has expired in the hospital while 96 patients, including a lady doctor and a local member of Punjab Assembly (MPA), are still under treatment at the Allied and District Headquarters (DHQ) hospitals Faisalabad with 28 new dengue cases on Friday.

According to EDO Dr Abdur Rauf, 13 dengue patients were brought from different parts of Faisalabad for treatment on Friday. A female patient Nasreen Bibi expired on Friday in the hospital while 96 others, including lady doctor Masooma Sardar and MPA Rana Muhammad Afzal are under treatment in both teaching hospitals of Faisalabad.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 1^st, 2011.