Dengue fever, health ministry put hospitals on high alert

ISLAMABAD—Health ministry has put hospitals of Federal Capital red alert due to threat of dengue fever. As many as 75 suspected patients with sings and symptoms similar to dengue fever have been admitted in different hospitals of Federal Capital.
The administration of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Government Services Hospital received a letter from health ministry directing them to finalize arrangements in view of the rapidly increasing cases reported recently, sources told Online. The administrations of two hospitals have been asked to take precautionary measures to meet the possible threat of dengue fever.—Agencies