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At
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), 12 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 588 patients with ages ranging between 6 to 82 years were admitted
at AKUH between June 14 to November 13, 2006 with viral haemorrhagic
fever. Out of these, thirteen patients expired due to severity of
disease, while 563 recovered and were discharged. The patients suffered
from symptoms ranging from bleeding, diarrhoea, vomiting to abdominal
pain.
Two hundred and sixty seven 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 561 patients were received from
Karachi and the remaining patients came from Larkana, Hyderabad, Thatta, Dadu,
Saedabad, 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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