Thursday, 15 September 2011

Six more Dengue patients die in Lahore, toll reaches 24

LAHORE: Dengue fever claimed six more lives including that of a bride to be in Lahore raising the overall death toll from the virus to twenty-four, Geo News reported.

Patients are facing sever difficulties in getting admitted to hospitals and obtaining platelets that are necessary for treatment of the disease. This is due to the fact that the number of patients is constantly increasing in the city.

However, doctors say that not every fever turns into Dengue and it can only be ascertained after specific blood screening.

Patients having symptoms of Dengue are being admitted to the hospitals while the rest with the fever complaints are sent back home.

Dengue symptoms include lower level of blood platelets, high fever, red spots on body and vomiting.
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