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At
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), 10 patients are currently hospitalised
with suspect viral haemorrhagic fever. The decrease in the number
of such cases continues. So far, a total of 787 patients with ages
ranging between 6 to 82 years were admitted at AKUH between June 14
to December 12, 2006 with viral haemorrhagic fever. Out of these,
17 patients expired due to severity of disease, while 760 recovered
and were discharged. The patients suffered from symptoms ranging from
bleeding, diarrhoea, vomiting to abdominal pain.
Three hundred and ten 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 754 patients were received from
Karachi and the remaining patients came from Larkana, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Thatta,
Dadu, Saeedabad, Nawabshah, Rahim Yar Khan, Gharo, Mirpurkhas, Sujawal, Gilgit,
Baluchistan and Saudi Arabia.
Dr Farhat Abbas, Medical Director & Associate Dean, Clinical
Affairs, Aga Khan University Hospital.
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