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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/234158-Dengue-death-toll-rises-to-41
October 3, 2017
Dengue death toll rises to 41
PESHAWAR: Another patient died of dengue virus in Peshawar on Monday and the mosquito-borne disease infected 469 more people in the past two days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
With the latest human loss, death toll from the disease in KP reached 41, said the Dengue Response Unit (DRU)...
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http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/03-Oct-2017/over-80-dengue-patients-admitted-to-capital-hospitals
Over 80 dengue patients admitted to Capital hospitals
October 03, 2017
Our Staff Reporter
Islamabad-More than eighty patients with confirm dengue virus were brought to the federal capital hospitals for medical treatment during the current season.
According to the date collected by the Ministry of National Health Services & Regulations (NHSR), a total of 329 suspected patients of Dengue virus were brought to the hospitals of federal capitals. The data showed that out of the received number of patients at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH) known as polyclinic, 86 patients were tested as dengue positive. It said that 18 people were brought in the hospitals only in the last 48 hours with confirmation of virus in eight patients.
In previous month, PIMS received a total of 27 patients, 15 from urban and 13 from rural areas. Meanwhile, a total of 36 patients, including 15 from urban and 21 from rural areas, were brought to the FGSH. Three confirm cases were reported in the Federal General Hospital (FGH) and one at private Shifa International Hospital...
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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/234031-Dengue-fever-claims-lives-of-two-elderly-persons
Dengue fever claims lives of two elderly persons
M. Waqar Bhatti
October 3, 2017
The dreaded dengue haemorrhagic fever has claimed two more lives in Karachi, as two elderly persons died near the end of last week at a private hospital, Sindh Health Department officials said on Monday.
?A 77-year-old man died due to dengue fever at the Aga Khan University Hospital on Saturday, while a 64-year-old woman died due to complicated dengue fever at the same hospital on Friday,? Sindh Dengue Prevention & Control Programme chief Dr Abdul Rasheed told The News.
With the two latest deaths, the number of casualties because of the mosquito-borne viral disease has reached eight, said the health official, adding that the hospital reported both the deaths to the authorities on Monday due to holidays in connection with Ashura.
Health experts say Karachi is in the grip of mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue fever and chikungunya, as dozens of people have died due to vector-borne diseases in the city following the recent monsoon rains, but since majority of the public and private hospitals do not share their data with the authorities, the deaths often go unreported...