No let-up in number of dengue patients in twin cities

86 cases reported in funding, 28 in Rawalpindi
DHO claims medical facility bed tenancy less than 50pc in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: As numerous as 86 cases of dengue fever were reported in different parts of the federal resources on Tuesday.

District Health Policeman (DHO) Dr Zaeem Zia said 66 of the situations were reported from the backwoods as well as 20 from the urban locations of the funding.

He stated 31 people were confessed to the Federal General Healthcare Facility, 17 to Holy Family Health center, 3 to Benazir Bhutto Medical facility and also two to the DHQ health center Rawalpindi.

The others were being dealt with secretive hospitals.

The DHO claimed 34 situations were reported from Tarlai, 14 from Alipur, 11 from Koral, 4 from Tarnol, 2 from Bara Kahu and also one from Sohan.

Thus far, 657 situations of dengue have actually been reported in the funding – 435 from rural areas and also 222 from metropolitan areas.

Occupancy of beds less than 50pc
Despite there being a health and wellness situation in the country due to Covid-19, every healthcare facility in Islamabad has designated beds/wards for dengue clients and the tenancy of beds is less than 50pc.

This was stated during a meeting held to review the progress made to address the present dengue scenario in Islamabad at the Ministry of National Wellness Providers on Tuesday.

The conference was chaired by Additional Assistant Nabeel Awan and also participated in by representatives of all stakeholders, including hospitals, National Institute of Wellness, Islamabad Health Regulatory Authority (IHRA), the added deputy commissioner Islamabad and the supervisor general (wellness) Metropolitan Firm Islamabad (MCI).

The participants reviewed the dengue circumstance of the last 48 hours as well as linked concerns.

They were notified that the epidemic was under control.

The added assistant routed the authorities worried to ensure a reliable action to the illness. The participants highlighted the value of correct data monitoring and all instances for appropriate planning and response to this epidemic.

The IHRA was guided to educate team of exclusive hospitals/labs for appropriate diagnosis/data entrance in the dashboard.

Rawalpindi
As lots of as 28 dengue individuals landed in three federal government medical facilities in the garrison city on Tuesday.

8 of the patients came from Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) areas, 9 from Potohar Town, 2 each from city locations, Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB) as well as Taxila.

According to a district management official, from September 27 to October 5, as numerous as 22 groups examined 98,302 spots as well as located dengue larvae in 16,634 houses and also 551 outside areas.

He stated dengue larvae were found in 17 interior websites and also 120 outdoor sites in Potohar Community, 46 interior as well as 129 outside sites in RCB areas, 60 indoor as well as 105 outside sites in city areas, 22 interior and also 45 outdoor sites in Taxila, 2,461 indoor as well as 12 outdoor sites in Kotli Sattian, six interior and 55 outside sites in CCB, one indoor and six exterior sites in Murree, 9,913 interior and 47 exterior websites in Gujar Khan, 4,108 interior and also 19 outside websites in Kahuta as well as 13 outdoor websites in Kallar Syedan.

Dr Sajjad Mehmood, District Organizer Epidemics Prevention as well as Control, informed Dawn that groups from the district wellness authority finished the spray in and around locations from where new individuals had actually shown up in medical facilities.

He claimed under the standard operating procedure, the dengue reaction teams carried out interior surveillance in locations where dengue instances had actually emerged.

He said in the three government hospitals, 126 beds had actually been allocated for the dengue clients and also presently 60 clients were confessed in Holy Family members Hospital, District Head Office Health Center as well as Benazir Bhutto Healthcare Facility.