Pakistan - Dengue - official toll 363, some media claim higher.

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 85 : Govt asks NIH not to compile dengue cases

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 85 : Govt asks NIH not to compile dengue cases

Pakistan Today reported these 2 fatalities yesterday and gave the total # of fatalities in Lahore as 73.

Dengue deaths mount to 99
News


LAHORE - Dengue fever continued taking its toll as the number of cases reached an alarming level in Punjab on Saturday.
Reportedly, two patients Mudassir 20 and Shaukat 35 died of the virus at the General Hospital Lahore on Saturday taking the death toll to 99,a private TV channel reported on Saturday.

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http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/dengue-deaths-mount-to-99/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 85 : Govt asks NIH not to compile dengue cases

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 85 : Govt asks NIH not to compile dengue cases

Pakistan dengue cases reach almost 9,800
NS
Saturday 24th September, 2011



The number of dengue cases in Pakistan has reached 9,781, and at least 100 people have died due to the disease, the prime minister's office said Saturday.

A team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) will reach Islamabad Sunday, and suggest measures to control the epidemic, Xinhua reported citing a statement.

A TV channel reported that the toll from dengue reached 102 in Punjab province, the worst affected region.
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http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/849613/cs/1/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Dengue claims 15 more lives

14 die in Lahore, one woman killed in Karachi * Number of dengue patients exceeds 12,000 in Punjab, with 8, 000 cases reported from Lahore

Staff Report

LAHORE/KARACHI: At least 14 more persons died of dengue fever in Lahore, with one more dead in Karachi on Saturday.
In Lahore, 30-year-old elite force official Jehanzeb died of dengue. He was serving in the chief minister?s squad. 42-year-old Rukhsana of Mian Mir Colony was admitted into Services Hospital seven days ago where she died at night between Friday and Saturday. She was the mother of three.
22-year-old Ayaz Bhatti of Gulshan Ravi also lost the battle against dengue at Services Hospital. A woman, Sardaran Bibi, 60, who was under treatment at Gangaram Hospital also died from dengue fever.
Three deaths were reported in Mayo hospital where Sohail, 22, of Chungi, Liaqat of Band Road and Sameera, 20, of Kala Khatai died early this morning.
Razia Bibi, 45, of Nishtar Colony, Faizan, 22, of Garhi Shahu, Irshad Bibi, 35, of Cantt, Fauzia, 5, Sunny Iqbal, 22, Arshad, 45, and Tufail, 75, also succumbed to the virus.

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The Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell told Daily Times that the 32-year-old housewife, resident of Dastgir area of FB Area, had been admitted in a private hospital from September18.
The total cases of dengue in the city increased to 339 and 387 in all of Sindh, with 24 new cases from Karachi.
According to a report, five patients have died of dengue in Khyper Pukhtunkhwa, while 129 cases were confirmed out of 268 suspected cases.a
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\09\25\story_25-9-2011_pg1_3

Woman loses life to dengue fever

M. Waqar Bhatti
Sunday, September 25, 2011


Another patient died of the deadly dengue viral fever at a private hospital on Saturday, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to five in Sindh and four in Karachi during September alone, the Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell said.

The 32-year-old married woman, who had two children, was admitted to the hospital on September 18 with a high fever and other symptoms of viral hemorrhagic fever, and on Thursday last week, the hospital carried out medical examinations for the dengue fever, which appeared positive.

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http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=69385&Cat=4&dt=9/25/2011

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Fighting dengue: 4 more die in Punjab, K-P
Published: September 25, 2011

LAHORE: Four more patients who contracted dengue succumbed to the virus, Express 24/7 reported on Sunday.

Three people died in Lahore while one more died in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

60-year-old Shakila Bibi and 65-year-old Ghulam Mohiyuddin died from dengue fever at Services Hospital in Lahore.

Resident of Faisal Town, 45-year-old Muhammad Rafiq died at a private hospital in Lahore after contracting dengue.

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The number of deaths from dengue fever in Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa has reached to six today (Sunday).

A women, suffering from dengue was admitted to Mardan Medical Complex but died eight hours after she was admitted.

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http://tribune.com.pk/story/260022/fighting-dengue-4-more-die-in-punjab-k-p/

Dengue outrage continues, 44 admitted in hospitals
Published: September 25, 2011

RAWALPINDI:
Dengue patients are on the rise as 15 new cases were confirmed in Rawalpindi on Saturday, taking the total up to 79, it has been learnt.

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Sources in BBH said that a man died on Saturday due to high fever and was suspected of suffering from dengue. However, this was not confirmed by hospital officials. Dr Javaid Hayat, the spokesperson for the three hospitals on dengue, was unaware of any death owing to the dengue fever.

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http://tribune.com.pk/story/259662/dengue-outrage-continues-44-admitted-in-hospitals/

Ten die of dengue in LahoreDAWN.COM
(3 hours ago) Today

LAHORE: Ten more patients died of dengue fever in the provincial capital on Sunday, raising the death toll to 113 in the city alone.

Meanwhile, 434 more cases of dengue fever were reported in Punjab today, including 379 in Lahore.

According to a Punjab Health Department report, total number of dengue fever cases had reached 9148 in Lahore and overall 10215 in Punjab.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/26/ten-died-of-dengue-in-lahore.html

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Monday, September 26, 2011

Dengue continues to spread, 12 more killed

* 11 die in Lahore, one in Mardan

* Four dengue cases surface in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 14 in Islamabad

LAHORE/PESHAWAR: At least 12 more people, including five women, died of dengue fever across the country on Sunday.

Several other dengue patients who are under special care in various hospitals are said to be in serious condition.

Despite all out efforts by the government, the dengue mosquito and virus are not coming under control and more patients are perishing with every passing day in Lahore and other parts of the country.

Those who died in Lahore are, Asmat Iqbal, 29, from Jehanzeb Block Iqbal Town, Sobia Shahnaz, 28, from Nawab Colony Misri Shah, Naheed Bibi, 50, from Walled City, Shakila, 60, Samera, 22, Taj Din, 28, from Badami Bagh, Mohiuddin, 65, Asalm Iqbal, 29, Younis, 50, Azmat, 46, died in different hospitals while Muhammad Rafique, 35, breathed his last at a private hospital in Shah Faisal Town.

Another woman died of dengue virus in Mardan raising the death toll from the disease to six in the city.


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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\09\26\story_26-9-2011_pg7_5

11 more lives lost
Published: September 26, 2011
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According to the Punjab Health Department, 434 were tested positive for dengue from across the province and out of these 379 were from Lahore. So far, 10,215 dengue cases have been reported from Punjab and out of these 9,148 belong to Lahore. 9,781 patients have recovered so far. At present 278 patients are under treatment at various hospitals whereas 148 are under treatment in Lahore. According to the officials, ten persons died due to dengue fever in Lahore during the last 24 hours.
http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-...nline/Politics/26-Sep-2011/11-more-lives-lost

 

[Tonka]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=331045&Itemid=1
Spanish to English translation

WHO Expert reinforce Pakistan's campaign against dengue

Islamabad, Sep 26 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) today began advising the Pakistani health authorities, overwhelmed by an epidemic of dengue fever in the western province of Punjab. In this territory, particularly in the city Lahore, 102 people have died from the disease and is considered to almost 10 000 are infected. WHO technicians to join a team of Sri Lanka for about 10 days collaborate in the work of fumigation and Elimination of breeding sites of the transmitting agent, the mosquito Aedes aegypti. This week, technicians will also come from Indonesia. Most public hospitals in Lahore was declared an emergency at his inability to care for patients and the hundreds who line up at the outer areas to apply for membership or blood tests. The Ministry Punjab Health decided to set up field hospitals to hire more than 600 nurses from other parts of the country and to acquire additional shares of medications and scores of laboratory equipment. Pakistan also faces a difficult situation in the southern province of Sindh, where flooding have claimed over 300 lives. The consumption of contaminated water and the proliferation of mosquitoes in the territory have sparked outbreaks of diseases and forming a situation to which local health authorities pleaded powerless given their limited resources. According to UN specialized agencies United, in Sindh have been detected 36 outbreaks of diarrheal diseases and others such as malaria and hepatitis. There are fears that may befall a spread of cholera, a scourge latent in different parts of the country.

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 100+

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/261502/dengue-in-punjab-death-toll-rises-to-106/

Dengue in Punjab: Death toll rises to 106
Published: September 27, 2011

LAHORE: A 50-year-old man from Lahore succumbed to dengue at Mayo hospital today, taking the death toll to 97 in the city and 106 in Punjab, Express 24/7 reported Tuesday.

The total number of people who have contracted the virus is reported to be at least 10,585 in Punjab, with 9,000 reported from Lahore...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 117

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 117

Six more die of dengue in Lahore

* Death toll from virus reaches 131 in provincial capital

Staff Report

LAHORE: Six more people died of dengue fever on Tuesday, increasing the death toll from the virus to 131 in the provincial capital.

The victims include Muhammad Farooq, 50, of Shahdara, Shaihd Nazir, 50, of Township, Razia Bibi, 50, of Al-Hamad Colony, Yasmeen, 35, of Bund Road, Maqbool Bibi of Gulberg, and Iftikhar Ashraf, 65.

As many as 149 patients were tested positive in Mayo Hospital, 66 in Children?s Hospital, 33 in Jinnah Hospital, 87 in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, 35 in Services Hospital, 25 in Lahore General Hospital, 53 in Shaikh Zayed Hospital, 31 in Institute of Public Health and another 178 in different public and private hospitals, laboratories and clinics in the provincial capital.

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\09\28\story_28-9-2011_pg7_4


Dengue spreads across Punjab; Bahawalpur, Multan worst-hit

Staff Report

LAHORE: After smashing Lahore, the dengue virus has begun its journey across Punjab. The Multan Health Department teams have confirmed 68 more patients tested positive for dengue, of which 33 were from Multan.

The officials admitted that blood screening had confirmed 68 dengue fever patients out of a total of 113 reported cases.

According to reports, one patient succumbed to dengue in Bahawalpur. Ten patients suffering from dengue are currently under treatment in the Bahawal Victoria Hospital while 12 had been discharged after successful treatment.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\09\28\story_28-9-2011_pg7_17

Death toll from dengue fever reaches 111 in Punjab
South Asian News Agency (SANA) ⋅ September 27, 2011 ⋅ Share/Save
LAHORE, (SANA): The death toll from dengue fever has reached 111 as five more patients died various hospitals of Lahore during last 24 hours.

The total figure of dengue patients in Punjab has reached to ten thousand, five hundred and eighty five, whereas the number of patients has toll to 9490 in Lahore.

Government has established emergency units in government hospitals and dispensaries are being activated in rural areas of province.

Farooq aged 50 was admitted in the Mayo hospital after he was diagnosed with the virus attack.
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http://www.sananews.net/english/2011/09/death-toll-from-dengue-fever-reaches-111-in-punjab/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 120+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 120+

Dengue cuts short four more livesBy Our Staff Reporter | From the Newspaper
(9 hours ago) TodayLAHORE, Sept 27: Four more people including two women died of dengue virus in the Punjab capital on Tuesday.

Reports said Shahid Nazir, 50, died of virus at Mayo Hospital, Maqbool Ahmad and Razia Bibi at Services Hospital, Yasmin at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Iftikhar Ashraf at Shaikh Zayed Hospital.

According to a health department report, as many as 471 more dengue cases were confirmed all over the province on Tuesday, including 297 in Lahore only.

The report said the total number of reported dengue cases had reached 11,054 in Punjab including 9,787 in Lahore so far.

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http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/28/dengue-cuts-short-four-more-lives.html

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 120+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 120+

22 more down with dengue in Sindh

our correspondent
Wednesday, September 28, 2011


Karachi

Some 22 more patients were tested positive for dengue viral fever in Sindh on Tuesday, including 19 in Karachi alone, making the total number of people infected with the viral disease to 382, including 324 in Karachi, the Provincial Dengue Surveillance Cell said.

A woman died on Monday due to dengue haemorrhagic fever at a private hospital, family sources said. However, the Dengue Surveillance Cell said that they had not received any such report.

According to the cell, five patients have so far died due to dengue haemorrhagic fever in the province, including four in Karachi, all in the current month of September.

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http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=69722&Cat=4

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 120+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 120+

Three more die of Dengue
Posted on September 29, 2011

LAHORE (INP): Three more patients including a student nurse on Wednesday have been died from Dengue virus in Moya Hospital, surging the death toll to 115 across the province. According to the hospital sources, three more patients identified as 75 years old Gulzar resident of Bilal Ganj, Irshad 26, resident of Lohari Gate and a student nurse Asma Kanwal 17, resident of Muzzafarghar have been died from dengue virus.

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http://www.thefrontierpost.com/?p=61187


Dengue fever infects over 12,000 in Pakistan
By AFP
Published: September 29, 2011
In this photograph taken on September 28, 2011 a Pakistani health worker fumigates against dengue carrying mosquitos in Lahore. PHOTO: AFP
LAHORE: Already cursed by floods and suicide bombings, Pakistan now faces a new menace from an unprecedented outbreak of the deadly tropical disease dengue fever.

In less than a month, 126 people have died and more than 12,000 have been diagnosed with the virus, which has spread rapidly among both rich and poor in Pakistan’s cultural capital Lahore.

Dengue affects between 50 and 100 million people in the tropics and subtropics each year, resulting in fever, muscle and joint ache.

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http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...8rnQDw&usg=AFQjCNFmJE5Kueg1B-fC6YKWJWoe0gQxOw

Another four go down fighting dengueBy Our Staff Reporter | From the Newspaper
(7 hours ago) TodayLAHORE, Sept 28: Four more patients, including a staff nurse and a police constable, died of dengue fever in the city on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the number of dengue fever patients confirmed officially has touched 10,000 in Lahore after 459 new cases were
reported on Wednesday.

Reports said 17-year old Asma Kanwal of Kot Addu, staff nurse at the Lahore General Hospital, was assigned duty at the “dengue ward”.

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http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/29/another-four-go-down-fighting-dengue.html

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 120+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 120+

Dengue claims six more lives in Lahore
'Pakistan Times' Wire Service

LAHORE: Six more people died of the Dengue fever including PML-N MPA Mumtaz Ahmed Jajja, a private television news channel reported on Thursday.

Jajja was being treated for Dengue at the Jinnah Hospital and was admitted in the ICU three days ago. According to Jinnah Hospital Chief Executive Dr. Akram, all efforts were made to save Jajja.

The death toll from the virus rose to 112 in the city. In Punjab 11,584 cases of Dengue have been reported out of which 10,244 are in Lahore.

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http://www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=25429

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 130+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 130+

:tiphat: Arkanoid Legent

Dengue tally reaches 143
By: Iqtidar Gilani | Published: September 30, 2011
LAHORE ? For the first time since the dengue onslaught, people sitting at the upper deck of Punjab have also started succumbing to the virus as the Thursday?s seven new victims included an MPA. A Chinese acupuncture specialist also died as the ruthless virus took the death tally to 143.
Besides taking the lives of seven, the Dengue virus forced hundreds of people to go to healthcare centres in the City for test, confirming 805 new cases. The confirmed Dengue fever cases in Lahore alone reached 20308 till Thursday.

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http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-...l/Lahore/30-Sep-2011/Dengue-tally-reaches-143

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 143

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 143

Sunday, October 02, 2011


Another eight die of dengue in Lahore

LAHORE: Another eight patients died of dengue fever in the city on Saturday, taking the death toll from the epidemic to 158 in the provincial capital. The victims claimed by the virus were Kiran, 26, of Mughalpura, Babar, 40, of Sheikhupura, Faakhir, 20, of Cantt, Mubashar, 17, of TNT Colony, Niamat, 85, of Ghazi Road, Rehana, 40, of Raiwind, Raseeda Bibi, 60, of Baghbanpura and Nusrat, 26, of Bund Road.

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\10\02\story_2-10-2011_pg7_3

Seven more succumb to dengue in cityBy Our Staff Reporter | From the Newspaper
(10 hours ago) TodayLAHORE, Oct 1: At least seven patients, including a student, died on Saturday of dengue fever at various public and private hospitals, raising death toll to 139 in Lahore alone.

Hospital sources said the patients who died of dengue fever included Babar aged 40, Mubasshir (a 16-year-old student), Kiran Munir (26), Nusrat (25), Rehana (40), Rashida (60) and Niamat (80).

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http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/02/seven-more-succumb-to-dengue-in-city.html

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 150+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 150+

This is the lowest current estimate for Punjab (see the two reports immediately above). At least 11 fatalities have also occurred in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Dengue claims three more lives in Lahore
just now
Dengue claimed three more lives as the death toll climbed to 127 in the city and 139 in the Punjab on Sunday. The total number of cases is more than 12,000 in the province out of which 11,243 cases are in Lahore. According to media reports, out of the three deaths reported in the city, a 65-year-old Khursheed, a resident of Sanda Road, died due to dengue fever in Ganga Raam Hospital. Saleem, 23, resident of GOR-2 and another patient of the killer disease lost their lives in the city taking the death toll to 127 in provincial capital only, the worst affected
http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-...2011/Dengue-claims-three-more-lives-in-Lahore

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 150+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 150+

Dengue claims four more lives
03 October, 2011



LAHORE: According to information, four patients died of dengue fever in the city on Sunday, bringing this season's death toll to 162 in the provincial metropolis.

According to details obtained through independent sources, out of four deaths reported in the city, two patients including Saleem, 23, resident of GOR-II, and Khursheed, resident of Sanda, died due to dengue fever in Ganga Ram Hospital, Sarwar Bibi, 50, resident of Gujranwala, died in Mayo Hospital, and Shahnaz, 60, resident of Walton, died of dengue fever in Lahore General Hospital.

Besides, 549 patients have been tested dengue positive on Sunday, taking the tally of patients to 21,942 in Lahore alone. Around 119 patients were tested positive at Mayo Hospital, 38 in Children's Hospital, 61 in Jinnah Hospital, 44 in Ganga Ram Hospital, 47 in Services Hospital, 21 in Lahore General Hospital, 50 in Shaikh Zayed Hospital, 17 in Institute of Public Health and another 152 in different public and private hospitals, laboratories and clinics in the provincial metropolis.
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http://paktribune.com/news/Dengue-claims-four-more-lives-244040.html

Health Secretary informs Chief Minister Dengue cannot be controlled only by fumigation
Posted on October 3, 2011

KARACHI (PPI): A high level meeting, chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, here last evening, was informed that the outbreak of dengue fever cannot be controlled just by fumigation. ?It?s a social issue that could be controlled by joint efforts of community and the government, and not through spraying insecticides alone,? provincial secretary, health department Rizwan Ahmed told the meeting held at Chief Minister?s House. Health secretary informed the meeting that a total of 4072 dengue fever cases were reported in Sindh during 2010 and of them 25 patients? death was reported while this year 436 cases have been reported up to September 30 with only five deaths. All the five casualties due to dengue fever occurred in Karachi alone, he said adding that the number of dengue cases in Karachi was 370, 3 in Larkana, one in Dadu, 8 in Ghotki, 17 in Hyderabad, one each in Jamshoro and Khairpur, four in Naushehro Feroze, two each in Nawabshah and Sanghar, 04 in Sukkur, 19 in Tando Muhammad Khan and two each in Tando Allahyar and Umerkot.
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http://www.thefrontierpost.com/?p=62933

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 150+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 150+

Dengue claims nine lives in Lahore
Updated at: 1243 PST, Monday, October 03, 2011
LAHORE: Nine people including five women lost their lives from the Dengue virus on Monday, Geo News reported. The death toll from the virus has now reached 152 across Punjab.


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http://geo.tv/10-3-2011/87028.htm

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 160+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 160+

11 more die of dengue in Karachi, Lahore

LAHORE/KARACHI: Eleven more people, including six women, died of dengue fever in different hospitals in Lahore and Karachi on Monday, mounting the death toll to 169.

Farhat Begum, 35 of Chamra Mandi was under treatment at Mayo Hospital where she passed away while 27-year-old Zuberia of Township lost her battle against dengue fever. Shakeela, 26, of Gujranwala and Rafaqat Bibi, 60 of Bund Road succumbed to dengue fever. Arslan, 14, of Bund Road, Ali Raza, 17, of Nishtar and 60-year-old Safdar Khan of Shahdbagh also died of dengue.

The identity of two victims is yet to be ascertained and patients with high fever continue to rush to different hospitals in the city.

Six patients have died in Dera Ghazi Khan. In Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, 180 patients were diagnosed with dengue virus, while 5 patients were admitted in Lady Reading Hospital. A 13-year-old child and a married woman died of dengue in Karachi, bringing the death toll to seven in the year, the Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell reported. staff report

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\10\04\story_4-10-2011_pg1_6

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 160+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 160+

LAHORE - Deaths from dengue virus in Punjab climbed to 160 as eight more people succumbed to the disease on Tuesday. At least 143 of the total deaths in Punjab have reportedly occurred in Lahore alone. Five people lost their lives to dengue virus on Tuesday, while the cause of death of three people who passed away on September 28 was confirmed to be dengue. Arif, 28, Abida, 25, of Gujranwala and Muhammad Ali, 80, died of the deadly fever at Mayo Hospital.
Sarwar, 70 and Aalia, 45, died at Services Hospital. The number of daily patients contracting fever has fallen to a little extent, as 278 cases were confirmed to have infected with the disease. The Indonesian medical team interacted with the PDMA and Rescue 1122 officials to share their expertise with them regarding management of the epidemic. Meanwhile, six new dengue patients were admitted to Nishtar Hospital Multan after which the number of dengue fever cases in the city has reached 56.
Dengue also continued to spread in Faisalabad, with the number of patients in the city rising to 858.
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/10/dengue-eats-up-eight-more/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 170+

Re: Pakistan - Dengue - toll 170+

Dengue claims nine more lives in Lahore

Staff Report

LAHORE: Dengue claimed nine more lives in Lahore on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 186 in the city.

Five people succumbed to the virus at Mayo Hospital, a plastic surgeon died at Surgimed Hospital and a woman passed away at Services Hospital.

According to sources, Bilal, 50, of Green Town, Umar Farooq, 20, of Muridke, Mujahid, 45, of Mardan, Azam Nazir, 50, of Raj Garh, Usman Akram, 32, of Icchra, Khalid, 36, of Tajpura, Majeed Bibi, 60, of Ghazi Road, Dr Rashid Qureshi, 45, and Madeeha passed away in different hospitals of the provincial capital.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\10\06\story_6-10-2011_pg7_25

Deadly dengue claims 4 more lives
Submitted 25 mins ago
The deadly dengue fever on Thursday took lives of four more patients in Lahore, with death toll from the mosquito-infected disease to 159 in the city alone, medical officials said.
The death from dengue fever is rampant in Punjab day by day as the fever has gripped several more districts in the province.
Usman, 50; Babar Nazeer, 40; Riaz, 70 and Azeem Begum of Mughalpura were among the dead on Thursday morning.

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http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-...06-Oct-2011/Deadly-dengue-claims-4-more-lives

Dengue death toll reaches 176 with more deaths in Lahore
Published: October 6, 2011

LAHORE: Dengue claimed six more lives in Lahore, bringing the total death toll in Punjab to 176, Express 24/7 reported on Thursday.

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Ro's interpretation: Lahore has seen around 160 fatalities, Punjab an additional 16-20, with 12 fatalities occurring outside Punjab bringing the total to somewhere between 185 - 195.