Dengue Emergency: Punjab sets up a field hospital amid sharp increase in cases

A 280-bed dengue field hospital has been set up at Expo Centre Lahore, Samaa has reported.

Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid, while talking to the media, said the Services Hospital and the Ganga Ram Hospital had been filled to capacity with dengue patients.

“We have 1,209 beds for dengue patients in Lahore,” said Dr Yasmin Rashid, adding that most of the dengue cases were reported from DHA Lahore.

As per Dr Rahsid, the field hospital had been made functional for 24 hours and CBC shall be provided within 45 seconds. Free treatment for fever shall be given to all. All tests shall be done free-of-cost.

صوبائی وزیر صحت ڈاکٹریاسمین راشدنے ایکسپوسنٹرلاہورمیں 280بستروں پر مشتمل ڈینگی فیلڈ ہسپتال کا افتتاح کردیا۔ pic.twitter.com/ckVOY4GOz2

— Health Department Punjab (@HealthPunjabGov) October 10, 2021

In a meeting chaired by Dr Yasmin Rashid on Friday, a medical emergency at public health facilities in Lahore was declared amid the rising number of dengue cases in the city.