RAWALPINDI, Nov 1: Two more dengue patients died at Holy Family Hospital (HFH) on Friday while more than 100 were admitted to three public hospitals of them 58 were carrying the virus.

Ahmed Saeed, 50, was brought from Palandari, Azad Kashmir on Thursday and he died on Friday.

Mohammad Rauf, also in his 50s, a resident of Mohallah Imambargah, Banni Chowk, died late on Thursday night.

HFH medical superintendent Dr Arshad Ali Sabir has confirmed the death of the patients but said that they were also suffering from other diseases.

He said, “Mohammad Rauf was a patient of diabetes, hepatitis and cardiac. But his dengue serology was also positive”.

However, he confirmed that both patients were suffering from dengue virus.

He said that 57 patients were admitted to the HFH of them 37 were confirmed dengue patients and the pathological reports of the rest were still awaited. He said that the hospital was providing all possible facilities to the patients.

In Benazir Bhutto Hospital, 25 patients were brought with the symptoms of the disease but 14 of them were confirmed dengue patients. “So far, no death has been reported from the dengue virus,” said BBH Medical Superintendent Dr. Asif Qadir Mir, while talking to Dawn.

He said that the number of patients had increased but it would likely to decrease in coming days. He said the dengue virus did not survive in cold weather.

District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital received 18 patients and seven of them were confirmed.

However, the hospital administration failed to provide better facilities at the hospital to such patients.

Despite a gag on information about the dengue patients, this reporter came to know that the hospital administration has not set up isolation ward and in most of the cases dengue patients share beds with others.

Meanwhile, the secretary health, Ahsan Iqbal, and the executive district officer (health) Dr Zafar Iqbal Gondal visited different parts of the garrison city especially bordering areas with Islamabad to inspect the anti-dengue campaign.

The secretary health expressed displeasure over the bad sanitation condition in bordering areas with Islamabad as a result of which the city was facing the hazards of multiple diseases including dengue.

He directed the EDO health to point out the bad sanitation in federal capital in a letter to Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman.

“The provincial government’s efforts to stop spreading dengue virus could not give results unless the federal capital maintain hygienic environment in their areas bordering with Rawalpindi,” said EDO Health Dr Zafar Iqbal Gondal.