After coronavirus pandemic, dengue fever is spreading fast as Punjab recorded 169 more cases during the previous 24 hours.
Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch said on Monday that there are a total of 428 dengue fever patients under treatment in hospitals across the province.
As many as 3,975 cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported in Punjab this season, of which 3,145 surfaced in Lahore, the health secretary said.
On Sunday, a 26-year-old man died of dengue hemorrhagic fever at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital.
The medical superintendent (MS) of the hospital said the man suffering from the mosquito-borne disease was brought to the medical facility in critical condition.
The patient was put on a ventilator but could not survive, the MS added. Following the man’s death, his heirs and relatives manhandled the staff of the hospital and damaged some property.
