Bogor prepares for more dengue patients<\/p>\n
BOGOR: As the number of dengue fever patients increases, the
\ncity-owned Cibinong hospital in Bogor has prepared additional
\nbeds.<\/p>\n
The hospital treated 15 patients this month for dengue, eight
\nof them children, hospital spokeswoman Wahyu Kurdijanti said on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
One of the children, seven-year-old Gunawan died last week.<\/p>\n
\"We have treated 361 dengue fever patients since January, six
\nof whom have died,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Wahyu explained that the patients who died were in a bad
\ncondition when they were admitted to the hospital.<\/p>\n
\"The public are still not aware of the symptoms of the
\ndisease ... it's sometimes too late when they seek medical
\ntreatment,\" she added.<\/p>\n
The hospital treated a total of 704 patients for dengue last
\nyear, 14 of whom died.<\/p>\n
Bogor Health Agency recorded 18 fatalities as of Wednesday out
\nof 385 people who had contracted dengue this year, many of them
\nchildren.<\/p>\n
According to the head of the communicable diseases prevention
\nunit at the Bogor municipality, Eulis Wulantari, the number of
\npatients this year decreased compared to last year.<\/p>\n
She argued that people's awareness of the need to maintain a
\nhealthy and clean environment was a contributing factor.<\/p>\n
\"But there is still coordination between the administration
\nand the public to conduct drives to clean up the city and not to
\ndepend only on fogging which kills adult Aedes aegypti mosquito
\nbut not the larvae,\" Eulis said. -- JP<\/p>",
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