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