Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar said on Tuesday that during the last 15 days as many as 346 people have been diagnosed with dengue virus while one man was diagnosed with dengue plus Congo Virus in Karachi.
He said this in a statement issued on Tuesday. He said in current year, 1,732 patients affected by dengue virus were brought to the hospitals, out of which 1,687 patients belonged to Karachi and the remaining 45 patients were brought from other parts of Sindh province.
The minister said: “Sadar Khan from New Karachi, a butcher by profession, is diagnosed with dengue plus Congo virus. He has been admitted to isolation ward of Civil Hospital Karachi and now in stable condition.” He said a campaign against dengue virus was going on and in next phase the drive would be launched in Badin, Sanghar, Matiari, Tando Muhammad Khan and Shaheed Benazirabad districts.
Dahar also took notice of shortage of lady doctors in the government hospitals of district Badin and directed the special secretary health to look into the matter and also keep an eye on absent doctors in Civil Hospital Shikarpur. The doctors and paramedics are bound to perform their duties honestly and no negligence will be tolerated in this regard, he warned.
