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At Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), 25 patients are currently
hospitalised 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 618 patients
with ages ranging between 6 to 82 years were admitted at AKUH between June 14
to November 14, 2006 with viral haemorrhagic fever. Out of these, thirteen patients
expired due to severity of disease, while 580 recovered and were discharged.
The patients suffered from symptoms ranging from bleeding, diarrhoea, vomiting
to abdominal pain.
Two 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 590 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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