Six more die of dengue in Lahore, toll 213

Six more die of dengue in Lahore, toll 213
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Summary Dengue virus has become uncontrollable as six more persons including two women died in Lahore.

Number of casualties caused by dengue has become 213 in the provincial capital.The Punjab government apparently has failed to overcome the dengue virus and yet further people are falling victim to this disease.New ill fated victims include 60-year-old Akhtar Bibi, resident of Mozang, 25-year-old Fitima of Tajpura, Abdulmajeed ,70, of Makhan pura, Abdur Rasheed ,76, from Rasul Park and 50-year-old Hanif from of Raj Gar.There is also rise in number of dengue affected patients in Faisalabad as 26 new patients were admitted in different hospital of the city. In this way, the number of patients has become 1201 in Faisalabad.Likewise, 20 new patients were admitted in Nishtar Hospital; and the number of dengue affected patients has gone to 405 in Multan.According to Health Department officials, there is deficiency of dengue affected patients in government health centres.