Denuge claimes four more lives in Lahore | Updated at: 0708 PST, Saturday, October 22, 2011
|  LAHORE: The killer Dengue fever claimed four more lives including that of two women in Lahore, Geo News reported Saturday.
In Lahore alone the total dengue death toll now has reached 236, whereas 265 deaths have been registered overall in Punjab.
With 242 more confirmed cases the tally of total patients, so far, has jumped to 18,300. On the other hand 199 more cases have surfaced in Lahore to take the figure for the city to 15,609.
At the moment, around 1,385 patients are under treatment in the heart of Punjab.
Doctors told Geo News that guidelines for the treatment of pregnant women suffering form the deadly disease have been devised. The patients coming in with hemorrhage/shock are being taken care at the high-dependency units.
Doctors add that patients returning to hospitals with a relapse or a new infection are the most critical.
COMMENT: DENGUE CLAIMS LIVES AFTER LIVES TRAGICALLY.
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COMMENT: DENGUE CLAIMS LIVES AFTER LIVES TRAGICALLY.
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