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At Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), 36 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 219 patients
with ages ranging between 6 to 82 years were admitted at AKUH between June 14
to October 20, 2006 with viral haemorrhagic fever. Out of these, six patients
expired due to severity of disease, while 177 recovered and were discharged.
The patients suffered from symptoms ranging from bleeding, diarrhoea, vomiting
to abdominal pain.
Eighty 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 213 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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