Health workers in Pampanga raised the alarm Friday after recording a significant increase in the number of dengue cases in the province.
"Before the daily average of dengue [cases] patients was four, but now it's at least 10 people every day. The number of dengue cases here is really rising," said Paul Edwin Baltazar, pediatrician at the Jose B. Lingad Memorial Hospital in San Fernando City.
Baltazar said other hospitals in Pampanga have started setting up express lanes for dengue patients because of the increasing number of the disease's case.
The local branch of the Department of Healtn (DOH) in Pampanga said more than 50 dengue patients are being brought to hospitals around the province every month.
The DOH said a total of 47 people with dengue have been admitted to hospitals for the last 15 days of July. It said the number is very significant compared to June, with only 52 cases.
It added that the numbers this year is almost half bigger than last year's figures. At least 20 to 30 people with dengue were rushed to hospitals last year, the health department said.
Five people have died of dengue in Pampanga this year, the locao DOH added.
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"Before the daily average of dengue [cases] patients was four, but now it's at least 10 people every day. The number of dengue cases here is really rising," said Paul Edwin Baltazar, pediatrician at the Jose B. Lingad Memorial Hospital in San Fernando City.
Baltazar said other hospitals in Pampanga have started setting up express lanes for dengue patients because of the increasing number of the disease's case.
The local branch of the Department of Healtn (DOH) in Pampanga said more than 50 dengue patients are being brought to hospitals around the province every month.
The DOH said a total of 47 people with dengue have been admitted to hospitals for the last 15 days of July. It said the number is very significant compared to June, with only 52 cases.
It added that the numbers this year is almost half bigger than last year's figures. At least 20 to 30 people with dengue were rushed to hospitals last year, the health department said.
Five people have died of dengue in Pampanga this year, the locao DOH added.
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