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At Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), 40 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 189 patients with ages ranging between
6 to 82 years were admitted at AKUH between June 14 to October 18,
2006 with viral haemorrhagic fever. Out of these, six patients expired
due to severity of disease, while 140 recovered and were discharged.
The patients suffered from symptoms ranging from bleeding, diarrhoea,
vomiting to abdominal pain.
Seventy-one 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 182 patients were received from Karachi and the remaining
patients came from Larkana, Hyderabad, Gilgit, Baluchistan and Saudi Arabia.
Dr Farhat Abbas, Medical Director & Associate Dean, Clinical
Affairs, Aga Khan University Hospital.
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