Dengue Rush In Delhi Hospital

With dengue menace refusing to relent and hospitals in the city having a huge rush of patients, AIIMS Director said the disease will persist till November and then till will decline.

The 55-year-old Ramesh Pandey, who came all the way from Bihar's Chhapra district for the Hernia treatment in Delhi four days ago, is still waiting for his surgery due to the high number of dengue patients pouring in at the hospital.

Four more people succumbed to dengue in the capital, taking the death toll to 20, prompting the Delhi government to approve nearly 800 additional beds in 48 private hospitals as the city's health facilities crawled under heavy rush of patients affected by the disease.

Diagnosed with dengue, it has just been a few hours since Prasad Kumar was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital, but such is the rush for patients wanting to get admitted for the mosquito-borne disease, that he has to share the bed with 30-year-old Amit Kumar, as Delhi faces its worst such outbreak in five years.

Three more persons succumbed to dengue on Wednesday, taking the number of deaths to 14 as hospitals across Delhi continued to wilt under a huge rush of patients down with the mosquito-borne fever.

Delhi is witnessing its biggest outbreak of dengue cases in five years. The strains of the disease that have emerged as the more dominant subtypes this year involve rapid drops in platelet levels, leading to a rush at clinics, hospitals and blood banks. Doctors believe the coming four weeks could see a rise in cases as the temperatures haven't dipp...

With dengue menace refusing to relent and hospitals in the city having a huge rush of patients, AIIMS Director said the disease will persist till November and then till will decline.

The 55-year-old Ramesh Pandey, who came all the way from Bihar's Chhapra district for the Hernia treatment in Delhi four days ago, is still waiting for his surgery due to the high number of dengue patients pouring in at the hospital.

Four more people succumbed to dengue in the capital, taking the death toll to 20, prompting the Delhi government to approve nearly 800 additional beds in 48 private hospitals as the city's health facilities crawled under heavy rush of patients affected by the disease.

Diagnosed with dengue, it has just been a few hours since Prasad Kumar was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital, but such is the rush for patients wanting to get admitted for the mosquito-borne disease, that he has to share the bed with 30-year-old Amit Kumar, as Delhi faces its worst such outbreak in five years.

Three more persons succumbed to dengue on Wednesday, taking the number of deaths to 14 as hospitals across Delhi continued to wilt under a huge rush of patients down with the mosquito-borne fever.

Delhi is witnessing its biggest outbreak of dengue cases in five years. The strains of the disease that have emerged as the more dominant subtypes this year involve rapid drops in platelet levels, leading to a rush at clinics, hospitals and blood banks. Doctors believe the coming four weeks could see a rise in cases as the temperatures haven't dipp...