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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Pakistan : 83 more dengue patients hospitalised

An article from Daily Times, more dengue patients in Karachi :

" KARACHI: Eighty-three new dengue suspects were hospitalised during the last 24 hours, said the Sindh Health Department spokesman on Friday. He said the health department was trying to educate masses through media about the threat of dengue, adding that seminars are being held at various hospitals to inform the masses on the disease. According to the Provincial Dengue Surveillance Cell (PDSC), 2,400 suspected dengue cases have been reported since January 1, out of which 1,265 were positive while 1,135 were negative, the spokesman said. Six deaths have been reported so far from five hospitals of the city."

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