Elderly man dies of dengue fever

Published October 24, 2019

KARACHI: A 71-year-old man died of dengue fever at a private hospital in Karachi on Wednesday, taking the death toll from this mosquito-borne disease to 21 since Jan 1, 2019.

A spokesperson for the Prevention and Control Programme for Dengue (PCPD) Sindh confirmed the death of the elderly man, resident of Scheme-36, district East. The principal diagnosis and reason for admission were complicated dengue fever, septic shock, renal failure and others.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2019

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