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Islamabad
Muhammad Qasim
August 16, 2017
Number of cholera cases continues to swell
Rawalpindi: The number of cases of cholera, a highly contagious and fatal disease is continuously on the rise and there is a threat that spread of the infection may take shape of an epidemic if proper preventive and control measures are not taken well in time.
The first two cases of cholera were tested positive by National Institute of Health Islamabad on July 31 this year and another two confirmed positive for the infection on August 4. All the four patients were undergoing treatment at Benazir Bhutto Hospital where as many as four more suspects of the infection have been admitted for treatment.
Data collected by ?The News? on Monday reveals that the allied hospitals have sent stool samples of over 10 child patients to NIH for confirmation of cholera in last week.
On Saturday, as many as 20 child patients with severe diarrhoea were admitted at the BBH of which four were suspected as patients of cholera and their stool samples were sent to NIH for confirmation, said Associate Professor of Paediatrics at Rawalpindi Medical University Dr. Tariq Saeed when contacted by ?The News? on Monday...
Islamabad
Muhammad Qasim
August 16, 2017
Number of cholera cases continues to swell
Rawalpindi: The number of cases of cholera, a highly contagious and fatal disease is continuously on the rise and there is a threat that spread of the infection may take shape of an epidemic if proper preventive and control measures are not taken well in time.
The first two cases of cholera were tested positive by National Institute of Health Islamabad on July 31 this year and another two confirmed positive for the infection on August 4. All the four patients were undergoing treatment at Benazir Bhutto Hospital where as many as four more suspects of the infection have been admitted for treatment.
Data collected by ?The News? on Monday reveals that the allied hospitals have sent stool samples of over 10 child patients to NIH for confirmation of cholera in last week.
On Saturday, as many as 20 child patients with severe diarrhoea were admitted at the BBH of which four were suspected as patients of cholera and their stool samples were sent to NIH for confirmation, said Associate Professor of Paediatrics at Rawalpindi Medical University Dr. Tariq Saeed when contacted by ?The News? on Monday...