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At Aga Khan University Hospital
(AKUH), 28 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 496 patients with ages ranging between 6 to 82 years were
admitted at AKUH between June 14 to November 6, 2006 with viral haemorrhagic
fever. Out of these, nine patients expired due to severity of disease, while
459 recovered and were discharged. The patients suffered from symptoms ranging
from bleeding, diarrhoea, vomiting to abdominal pain.
Two hundred and thirty four
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
474 patients were received from Karachi and the remaining patients came from
Larkana, Hyderabad, Thatta, 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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