Out of control: Dengue virus infects 100

“The patients were admitted to the dengue unit. At present nine patients are under treatment,” said Ali.


Our Correspondent August 23, 2014

MINGORA: The dreaded dengue virus has now infected a hundred people in Swat as eight more patients were reported on Saturday. According to Roshan Ali, the focal person for dengue at Saidu Teaching Hospital, Bakht Rawan, 32, from Makan Bagh; Ruqaiyya, 16, from College Colony, Saidu Sharif; Sumaiya, 17, from  Dadahara; Farahana, 20, from Saidu Sharif; Ambreen, 30, from Faizabad; Bakht Sahiba, 50; Zahida, 30; and Zohra, 12—all residents of Sethi Mohallah—tested positive for dengue. “The patients were admitted to the dengue unit. At present nine patients are under treatment,” said Ali.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2014.

COMMENTS (2)

king | 10 years ago | Reply

@Humza..! PTI has done a lot of good things in KPK...i live in KPK and i am witnessing the change,Just because that he is spending money on education and health and not on metro bus doesn't mean KPK is not changing,,,,,,,,the problem is that you are not accepting the truth,can't help you bro

Humza | 10 years ago | Reply

Dengue breaks out in KPK along with floods but all the ruling PTI can do is go to Islamabad with a few thousand supporters and dance at night? Shame on them. Go and give people in Swat containers to sleep at night unmolested instead of sleeping in containers in Islamabad.

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