Thursday, June 15, 2017

IDH Fever Hospital Has Suspended New Dengue Admissions Due To Excessive Number Of Dengue Patients In The Hospital

Due to an excessive number of Dengue Patients
warded  in the IDH  Fever Hospital , admission of new patients to the Hospital has been temporarily suspended  according to the Hospital sources.

Around 450 Dengue Patients have been reported as warded in IDH Fever Hospital at present and due to this situation Ministry of Health has decided to transfer the new Dengue Patients arrive in the hospital to the nearest hospitals like Thalangama,Wathara , Piliyandala ,Colombo National ,South Colombo Teaching (Kalubowila) and North Colombo (Ragama) Teaching hospitals.

Ministry of Health has also decided to combine the National,South Colombo and North Colombo Hospitals with IDH Fever Hospital in view of the present situation.Also high dengue intensive care units of the South Colombo and North Colombo Hospitals too due to upgrade the Ministry has stated.

Around 200 new hospital beds are due to purchase for the above mentioned hospitals in view of providing better treatment facilities for the rising number of dengue patients.




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