The number of admitted dengue fever patients across the country has now risen to 2,708, of which 2,413 have already been diagnosed positive,according to statistics released by the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday.
In Islamabad, there have been 28 confirmed cases of dengue fever including one death. Punjab has seen 2,170 confirmed cases including two fatalities in Lahore. However, the number of dengue fever patients in Rawalpindi is much lower, with 26 confirmed cases and no fatalities reported.
Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) have had 176 and eight cases respectively including one death in Karachi and one in Nowshera, while Azad Jammu and Kashmir has had five confirmed cases of dengue fever.
On Friday, 12 suspected cases of dengue fever were reported in Islamabad and 21 in Rawalpindi.
According to Dr Riwzan Qazi, a senior physician at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), five more patients with symptoms of dengue fever were brought to the hospital and their blood samples were sent for testing to the NIH. This is in addition to the eight patients already admitted, of whom seven have been diagnosed with dengue.
Polyclinic Hospital Spokesperson Dr Sharif Astori said that of the 12 patients that have come in, seven were admitted. Of these, three have tested positive for the virus while the remaining four are awaiting results.
At Shifa International Hospital, 28 patients have come in, 12 of who tested positive for dengue fever, while nine are admitted.
In Rawalpindi, 39 suspected cases of dengue fever were brought to the major hospitals, 11 of which were positive. This includes five in Holy Family Hospital, three in Benazir Bhutto Hospital and four in District Headquarter Hospital (DHQ) including Dr Umer Kaleem, DHQ’s medical officer. Dr Kaleem is the secretary of the Young Doctors’ Association.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2011.
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