Dengue claims one more life | The Express Tribune
Islamabad/Rawalpindi:
Another dengue patient died in Islamabad on Sunday, taking the total number of deaths in the federal capital to five this season.
According to the data released by the Islamabad District House Officer’s office, 57 more cases were reported in the federal capital during the last 24 hours, after which the number of dengue patients increased to 1388.
The data revealed that 709 dengue patients are under treatment in government hospitals in Islamabad, 673 in private hospitals and labs and 6 in social security hospitals.
On the other hand, 76 new dengue patients have arrived in Rawalpindi hospitals during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of patients to 1403. So far this year, one dengue patient has died in Rawalpindi.
Health department officials said that 236 dengue patients are undergoing treatment in three hospitals. He said that the condition of five of the admitted patients in three hospitals is critical.
Health department officials said that 404 beds have been allocated for dengue patients in three major hospitals of Garrison City. He said that on an average 80 to 100 suspected dengue patients come to the hospitals.
Currently, 97 patients are under treatment at Benazir Bhutto General Hospital, 60 at Holy Family Hospital and 79 at District Headquarters Hospital Rawalpindi. It is from Dhaman. Union Councils of Potohar Town.
On the other hand, the health department has intensified fogging and spraying to destroy dengue larvae in hotspot areas.
District Health Authority Chief Executive Dr. Ishaq said that the anti-dengue campaign has been accelerated and surveillance has been increased in areas where dengue cases are increasing.
Meanwhile, Panadol, the main drug prescribed by doctors to treat fever, continues to flee the market, forcing dengue patients to use other fake drugs.
Rawalpindi is facing an acute shortage of medicines used to treat dengue fever amid the dengue mosquito invasion and rising number of cases.
Sources said anti-fever tablets and syrups have become scarce and wholesale dealers have run out of stock. Pharmacists said that due to the extraordinary buying and selling of medicines for the flood victims, there has been a shortage of life-saving medicines.
Medicines used to treat dengue patients have completely disappeared from the market and patients are bearing the brunt of the shortage.
Published in The Express Tribune on September 19.Th2022.