More dengue patients treated at hospitals

Tue, 23 Aug 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Almost a month after the start of the dengue epidemic
in the capital, hospitals are still seeing more patients coming
in with the disease.

At least 31 new patients were admitted into three city
hospitals on Monday, with the Budi Asih hospital in East Jakarta
recording the largest number of 20 patients.

Meanwhile, the Tarakan hospital in Central Jakarta and
Fatmawati hospital in South Jakarta received only two and five
new patients respectively.

There has been no new reports of fatalities.

Jakarta health agency spokeswoman Zelfino said that from Jan.
1 to Thursday last week, there had been a total of 12,036 dengue
patients in Jakarta, with 60 deaths. -- JP

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