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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Pakistan : Dengue fever resurfaces in Karachi

Karachi : Dengue cases are again surfacing in Karachi and more than three dozen dengue patients have been shifted to various hospitals of the city this year,
 say hospital sources.They says this year so far 18 dengue patients have been admitted in Qatar Hospital, 4 to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and more than one dozen to private hospitals. Unconfirmed reports suggest one dengue patient died in a private hospital this year.Dr Shakeel Malik, focal person of Dengue Surveillance Cell of provincial health department, when contacted, said he was gathering information in this regard and would inform media when he got required facts and figures.PPI