Patient evacuated from Bagh misdiagnosed
By Bushra Rafique

ISLAMABAD—The patient evacuated from Bagh by a team of WHO is not a case of Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever. A meeting of the National Disaster Management Committee was informed on Thursday.
The patient was wrongly suspected of having CCHF by some volunteers working in the district the meeting was told. There are Ministry of health public health teams working in the district as all across the quake hit areas and they are keeping close eye on possible spread of epidemic in any area.
The Federal Secretary Health Syed Anwar Mahmood informed a meeting of the disaster management committee that there is no shortage of blood in any of the blood banks established by the Minsitry of health.
He said a Blood Bank established by the Ministry at Batagram has started functioning. The meeting expressed concern at the statements emanating from certain quarters regarding shortage of Anti-Tetanus Globulin. It was categorically stated that there is no shortage of vaccine in any of the health facilities catering to quake victims. All hospitals in the twin-cities and field hospitals have been supplied the vaccine as per their demand.
It was decided that in view of the health problems and risk of spread of diseases, health messages including those on prevention of diarrhea and promotion of hygienic feeding of milk to the orphan infants shall be disseminated through all available media channels in the affected areas.
The Federal Secretary health informed that so far over 2,582 surgeries of quake victims have been performed at PIMS Hospital Islamabad. More then a hundred patients are being admitted daily to the hospital whereas there are 9 to 11 helicopters landings at the hospital premises bringing in the seriously injured from the quake-hit areas. As of today 3.731 patients are admitted in different hospitals of the twin cities while a total of 14.082 quake affectees have been registered to date.