Waiting on nature: Dengue takes another life as virus continues to spread
Meanwhile the district health office said 25 more cases were identified in Swat district.
Bawar Khan, 75, died at Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH) on Wednesday, increasing the official death toll in Swat to 37. PHOTO: FILE
MINGORA:
Bawar Khan, 75, died at Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH) on Wednesday, increasing the official death toll in Swat to 37.
Meanwhile the district health office said 25 more cases were identified in Swat district, after which the total count mounted to 8,912. According to unofficial records, 63 people have died in the district so far.
STH spokesperson Dr Wasil Ahmed Khan said 21 new dengue patients were admitted to the dengue cell of STH, while 23 were discharged. “Presently, 59 patients are in the hospital under treatment in the dengue cell; 47 males and 12 females. Fifteen of these patients are suffering from complications and have been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit,” he said.
“The virus has already lost its grip to a great extent with the change in weather. The temperature has dropped suddenly after the first wave of rain hit the valley today (Wednesday). It will definitely kill all the mosquitoes now as they cannot survive in the cold weather,” Dr Zahoor Ahmad said.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2013.
Bawar Khan, 75, died at Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH) on Wednesday, increasing the official death toll in Swat to 37.
Meanwhile the district health office said 25 more cases were identified in Swat district, after which the total count mounted to 8,912. According to unofficial records, 63 people have died in the district so far.
STH spokesperson Dr Wasil Ahmed Khan said 21 new dengue patients were admitted to the dengue cell of STH, while 23 were discharged. “Presently, 59 patients are in the hospital under treatment in the dengue cell; 47 males and 12 females. Fifteen of these patients are suffering from complications and have been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit,” he said.
“The virus has already lost its grip to a great extent with the change in weather. The temperature has dropped suddenly after the first wave of rain hit the valley today (Wednesday). It will definitely kill all the mosquitoes now as they cannot survive in the cold weather,” Dr Zahoor Ahmad said.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2013.