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At Aga Khan University Hospital
(AKUH), 9 patients are currently hospitalised with suspect viral haemorrhagic
fever. The decrease in the number of such cases continues. So far, a total of
816 patients with ages ranging between 6 to 82 years were admitted at AKUH from
June 14 to December 21, 2006 with viral haemorrhagic fever. Out of these, 19 patients
expired due to severity of disease, while 788 recovered and were discharged. The
patients suffered from symptoms ranging from bleeding, diarrhoea, vomiting to
abdominal pain.
321 patients were diagnosed to have Dengue haemorrhagic fever,
3 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 780 patients were received from Karachi and the remaining
patients came from Larkana, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Thatta, Dadu, Saeedabad, Nawabshah,
Rahim Yar Khan, Gharo, Hali Nagar, Mirpurkhas, Sujawal, Gilgit, Balochistan
and Saudi Arabia.
Dr Farhat Abbas, Medical Director and Associate Dean, Clinical
Affairs, Aga Khan University Hospital.
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