Dengue continues to grip Manado

Dengue continues to grip Manado

MANADO, North Sulawesi: Dengue fever remains a major concern
in the province with 41 children dying from the disease in 1999.

According to provincial health office records, 1,139 patients
suffered from dengue last year.

Manado bore most of the victims with 982 cases recorded.

The fever was so prevalent that in the final two months of the
year Manado was declared endemic to dengue.

Over 400 people suffered from the disease in Manado between
November and December. Eighteen people reportedly died as a
result.

The director of Manado General Hospital, W.J. Damopolii, said
on Tuesday that most of the hospital's facilities were focused on
helping patients with dengue.

He added that the hospital had also borrowed 100 beds from the
local military command in anticipation of a wider epidemic.