A translated report from El Heraldo, excerpt :
" Dengue hemorrhagic fever has killed 41 children, of all the 65 people officially declared dead this year.
"They killed 65 of which 41 represent pediatric population, more people were children 70 or 80 percent, so it is expected that most of the deaths is linked to that number," said Jorge Melendez, Chief of Pediatrics at University Hospital.
By having an immune system is not strengthened, the children, together with the elderly and pregnant women are among the most exposed population to lose their lives to the disease.
Added to this is that in many cases patients are infants taken to hospitals when their health is very bad for the loss of platelets in the blood.
Although cases of children with dengue have fallen, the doctor lamented that still reported lower earnings almost in shock, making it difficult treatment. "
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