The Department of Health has declared six hospitals in the capital, including Mitford Hospital and Railway General Hospital, as Dengue Dedicated Hospitals.
This information has been given in a circular signed by the Director of Management Information System (MIS) of the department, Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman, on Monday.
The hospitals are: Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital, Mitford, Dhaka; Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master General Hospital, Tongi, Gazipur; Railway General Hospital, Kamalapur, Dhaka; Amin Bazar 20-bed hospital, Dhaka; Lalkuthi Hospital, Mirpur, Dhaka and Kamrangichar 31-Bed Hospital, Dhaka.
In the last 24 hours till Monday morning, 291 new dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals in the country. Most of them are residents of the capital. Of them, 259 were admitted to various government and private hospitals in the capital Dhaka and 32 to various hospitals outside Dhaka.
Since the beginning of the year, 36 people have died of dengue.
According to the report, a total of 8,750 patients have been admitted to the hospital since January 1 this year. Six thousand six of them have left the hospital after recovering.
Dengue outbreak has been on the rise in the recent months, imposing more death threat than previous years, according to health experts.
Children are being the worst affected of it.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the risk of dengue and its death threat are increasing.
Since Covid-19 and dengue both share fever as a symptom, doctors have requested not only Covid but also dengue test is mandatory in case of fever.
