Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Viral fever grips Gurgaon
Sep 9, 2012 at 8:50 PM
The number of people afflicted with viral fever of ?mixed culture? is rapidly increasing in Gurgaon. Private hospitals are full of patients suffering from viral fevers. Some unconfirmed deaths have also been reported from the city. ?This is the first time that patients suffering viral fevers are showing positive test reports of viral, malaria and typhoid simultaneously. In most cases, patients tested negative for dengue but showed all the symptoms of dengue viral,? said doctor S.P. Yadav, managing director of Pushpanjali Hospital.
Doctor Vishal Sehgal, medical superintendent of Artemis hospital told IANS: ?Lots of patients tested negative for dengue but the symptoms were the same. We call it fever with ?Thrombocytopenia? or fever with mixed culture. The virus responsible for such a disease is yet to be detected.? Daily, 8 to 10 such patients, victims of unspecified causes were being admitted to their hospital, Sehgal added.
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http://health.india.com/news/viral-fever-grips-gurgaon/
Sep 9, 2012 at 8:50 PM
The number of people afflicted with viral fever of ?mixed culture? is rapidly increasing in Gurgaon. Private hospitals are full of patients suffering from viral fevers. Some unconfirmed deaths have also been reported from the city. ?This is the first time that patients suffering viral fevers are showing positive test reports of viral, malaria and typhoid simultaneously. In most cases, patients tested negative for dengue but showed all the symptoms of dengue viral,? said doctor S.P. Yadav, managing director of Pushpanjali Hospital.
Doctor Vishal Sehgal, medical superintendent of Artemis hospital told IANS: ?Lots of patients tested negative for dengue but the symptoms were the same. We call it fever with ?Thrombocytopenia? or fever with mixed culture. The virus responsible for such a disease is yet to be detected.? Daily, 8 to 10 such patients, victims of unspecified causes were being admitted to their hospital, Sehgal added.
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http://health.india.com/news/viral-fever-grips-gurgaon/