Not less than 11 more new dengue cases werereported in Karachi in one day and the number of cases across Sindh hasreached 308 this month.Among the new dengue cases, 3 were reported in East, 1 in Central, 5 inSouth and 2 in Malir were reported.As per report, in September, the highest number of 248 dengue cases werereported only in Karachi.Similarly, 31 cases were reported in Hyderabad division and 14 cases inMirpurkhas while 6 cases were confirmed in Sukkur, 6 in Larkana and 3 inShaheed Benazirabad, report revealed.
This year, the virus was confirmed in 1268 people across Sindh and outof total 1029 were from Karachi only.Despite the spread of the dengue virus, fortunately there were nofatalities reported so far.Malaria patients started increasing in Qamber Shahdadkot Sindh as out of200 patients at District Headquarter (DHQ) Hospital, 90 have testedpositive for malaria.A doctor confirmed that the number of positive malaria patients hasreached 630 in a week.However, supply of malaria drug Primaquine to government hospitals couldbe disrupted.
Only one doctor is available on duty due to which patients are forced toreturn home because the number of patients is high, complaints apatient.Patients are also forced to go around hospitals to get medicinesincluding malaria doses.Patients appealed to the district administration to appoint more doctorsas the number of malaria flu patients is high.On the other hand, a doctor said that due to a lack of staff, we arereturning patients back while the hospital administration is notcooperating with doctors.
