Sri Lankan dengue experts visit LGH

LAHORE: Sri Lankan experts on dengue virus Thursday visited Lahore General Hospital (LGH) to review arrangements being done for dengue patients.

They inspected various wards including emergency, medical and dengue ward, inquired about dengue patients and expressed their satisfaction over medical facilities made available while declaring them according to international standard.

Prof. Dr Tariq Salahuddin, Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute and LGH briefed the expert team that 13,5326 patients were checked at emergency ward and OPD during a September 1-21.

A number of 6,199 out of a total of 78,865 dengue patients were admitted in the hospital. Among the total admitted patients, 3,444 were found as suspected dengue patients among whom 2,944 were discharged after necessary treatment.

Dengue virus was reported as positive in 374 out of 484 patients, Dr Tariq Salahuddin said and added most of dengue patients in the city were treated and facilitated at LGH in accordance with the Punjab chief minister's directions.

Sri Lankan experts gave the guideline to doctors and paramedical staff regarding diagnosing and treating dengue patients.

They told them that dengue virus had four types but the patients need not worry about because the death rate of this disease was very low as only 0.46 per cent was the death rate of dengue patients at LGH.

Medical Superintendent LGH Dr. Zafar Ikram and faculty members of PGMI were present on this occasion. (APP)