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At Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), 32 patients are currently hospitalized with suspect viral haemorrhagic fever; most of them were admitted during the last two weeks. This obviously reflects a sudden increase in the number of such cases and is a cause of concern. So far, a total of 406 patients with ages ranging between 6 to 82 years were admitted at AKUH between June 14 to November 1, 2006 with viral haemorrhagic fever. Out of these, nine patients expired due to severity of disease, while 365 recovered and were discharged. The patients suffered from symptoms ranging from bleeding, diarrhoea, vomiting to abdominal pain.
A hundred and seventy five patients were diagnosed to have Dengue haemorrhagic fever, three patients suffered from Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), while in the remaining, the special serological tests were either negative or the results are pending. A total of 388 patients were received from Karachi and the remaining patients came from Larkana, Hyderabad, Dadu, Saedabad, Nawabshah, Gharo, Mirpurkhas, Sujawal, Rahim Yar Khan, Gilgit, Baluchistan and Saudi Arabia.
Dr Farhat Abbas, Medical Director & Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Aga Khan University Hospital.
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