More deaths: Dengue virus claims another life in Swat
The unofficial death toll in the district is 58.
The unofficial death toll in the district is 58..
SWAT/SHANGLA:
Another dengue patient died in Swat on Monday, increasing the unofficial death toll to 58 in the district.
The unofficial count was 57 till Friday whereas the official death toll had reached 36, according to the District Health Office (DHO).
On Monday, the virus claimed the life of Faizullah, a 30-year-old resident of Banjot, who died in Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH).
According to official statistics provided by the DHO, 124 patients are under treatment at STH. These patients include men, women and children. Nineteen patients are under treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) at STH.
So far, 4,810 dengue positive patients have been registered with the STH and over 4,500 patients have been successfully treated.
Meanwhile, in Shangla, 37 more patients were tested positive for dengue in Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Bisham, increasing the overall count of the district to 893.
Health Minister Shaukat Yousafzai is expected to visit his hometown, Bisham, on Tuesday for the first time after his election as MPA.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 22nd, 2013.
Another dengue patient died in Swat on Monday, increasing the unofficial death toll to 58 in the district.
The unofficial count was 57 till Friday whereas the official death toll had reached 36, according to the District Health Office (DHO).
On Monday, the virus claimed the life of Faizullah, a 30-year-old resident of Banjot, who died in Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH).
According to official statistics provided by the DHO, 124 patients are under treatment at STH. These patients include men, women and children. Nineteen patients are under treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) at STH.
So far, 4,810 dengue positive patients have been registered with the STH and over 4,500 patients have been successfully treated.
Meanwhile, in Shangla, 37 more patients were tested positive for dengue in Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Bisham, increasing the overall count of the district to 893.
Health Minister Shaukat Yousafzai is expected to visit his hometown, Bisham, on Tuesday for the first time after his election as MPA.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 22nd, 2013.