One more child dies of dengue

One more child dies of dengue

JAKARTA: The number of recent dengue fatalities in the capital
rose to 62, with the death of a seven-year-old boy dying at the
Budi Asih Hospital in East Jakarta late on Monday,
Tempointeraktif.com reported.

Syahrul had been treated at the hospital since Aug. 21.

Budi Asih Hospital information officer Niniek Kartaarmadja
said that the patient had been moved from a third-class treatment
room to its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) because of his weakening
condition.

"The bleeding had become severe," she said, adding that the
boy been treated in the ICU for seven hours. Syahrul was the
fifth dengue fatality case at the hospital.

As of Tuesday, Budi Asih Hospital had recorded 41 dengue
patients, 17 of whom had to be treated in the hospital's
corridors due to limited space. -- JP