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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Pakistan : Boy dies of dengue fever

Via Dawn :

" HARIPUR, Nov 6: A boy died of dengue fever in Makhan village of Mankraye union council of the district, family sources said here on Saturday. They claimed that the boy was tenth victim of the disease that had been haunting the people of Haripur as the district was declared as dengue-hit area by World Health Organisation.

They said that nine-year-old Adnan Saleem son of Mohammad Saleem was admitted to a local hospital with the symptoms of high fever, nausea and orbital pain few days ago. “He was later referred to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad where he remained for about a week and his blood test proved that he was dengue positive,” they added.

He died on Friday night at PIMS and was laid to rest at his ancestral village on Saturday, family sources said. EDO Health Dr Mohammad Idrees was not available for comments."

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