Girl dies of dengue fever at Peshawar hospital

PESHAWAR: A 15-year-old girl died of dengue fever Monday night at Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) of the city, taking the number of deaths from the disease to four in a month’s time.

According to hospital sources, the girl was brought to the hospital a week ago. She was a resident of Tehkal, an area in Peshawar from where most of the cases of dengue fever have been reported from.

So far, 914 people suspected of having dengue fever have been brought to the hospital, sources said.

Out of the count, 110 are still under treatment at KTH.

On the other hand, six patients are being treated at Hayatabad Medical Complex. The people being treated for the virus have been kept in isolation wards of the hospital.