Dengue kills three in Madura

Dengue kills three in Madura

SUMENEP, Madura: Three people have died and 18 others have been rushed to hospital in a dengue fever outbreak in two villages in this regency, Antara reported yesterday.

The disease first hit the villages of Jepun Timur and Sarpereng a month ago.

A local health officer confirmed that the fever has hardly been treated due to the lateness of the report. He said that the report was late because most patients were sent to the state-owned hospital at Pamekasan, 60 km west of here.

"The hospital is reputed to be cleaner and has better services than the local one," the Jepun Timur village head said. (16)