Ailment update: Pindi’s dengue count stands at eight, for now
Patients continue to pour into hospitals with suspected cases.
RAWALPINDI:
The garrison city has recorded eight cases of dengue fever during August.
Five of the patients that tested positive belong to the Cantonment area and were admitted at Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH), while three other positive cases were admitted at Holy Family Hospital (HFH).
HFH Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Javed Hayat told The Express Tribune there are three patients in the hospital who have been confirmed positive. He said suspected patients continue to visit the hospital because the dengue season has started and the situation is especially critical after the recent heavy downpours, but only three patients have been confirmed yet. Two of them are from Haripur in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and one is from Gawalmandi.
On the other hand, no positive cases have emerged at BBH after September 3 but the hospital is checking several suspected patients daily.
An on duty nurse at the District Headquarters Hospital said nine suspected patients have been admitted in the dengue ward of the hospital in the last 24 hours.
District Coordination Officer Sajid Zafar Dal said the anti-dengue drive in the city has been expedited after the record rains as the danger of dengue larvae has increased due to the suitable temperatures. He said during indoor surveillances, dengue larvae have been detected mostly in water tanks on rooftops and water coolers. He said the complete elimination of the threat is not possible without the participation of the community.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2014.
The garrison city has recorded eight cases of dengue fever during August.
Five of the patients that tested positive belong to the Cantonment area and were admitted at Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH), while three other positive cases were admitted at Holy Family Hospital (HFH).
HFH Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Javed Hayat told The Express Tribune there are three patients in the hospital who have been confirmed positive. He said suspected patients continue to visit the hospital because the dengue season has started and the situation is especially critical after the recent heavy downpours, but only three patients have been confirmed yet. Two of them are from Haripur in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and one is from Gawalmandi.
On the other hand, no positive cases have emerged at BBH after September 3 but the hospital is checking several suspected patients daily.
An on duty nurse at the District Headquarters Hospital said nine suspected patients have been admitted in the dengue ward of the hospital in the last 24 hours.
District Coordination Officer Sajid Zafar Dal said the anti-dengue drive in the city has been expedited after the record rains as the danger of dengue larvae has increased due to the suitable temperatures. He said during indoor surveillances, dengue larvae have been detected mostly in water tanks on rooftops and water coolers. He said the complete elimination of the threat is not possible without the participation of the community.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2014.