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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Lounges turn wards as fever patients pour into Delhi hospitals -Durgesh Nandan Jha

Lounges turn wards as fever patients pour into Delhi hospitals -Durgesh Nandan Jha

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published Published on Sep 1, 2016   modified Modified on Sep 1, 2016
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The dengue-chikungunya crisis is severely straining health services in the capital. Top public and private hospitals, flooded with patients, have turned waiting areas, patient lounges and non-emergency wards into fever wards. But the influx of patients is so high that not everyone is being admitted.

As per municipal data, 487 dengue and 444 chikungunya cases have been recorded this year. However, major public and private hospitals told TOI that chikungunya cases could be at least 10 times that figure. AIIMS, Safdarjung, Ram Manohar Lohia and Lok Nayak hospitals together have received over 834 cases. "We have turned the psychiatry ward into fever ward to meet the demand," said Dr A K Rai, MS, Safdarjung hospital.

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The Times of India, 1 September, 2016, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Lounges-turn-wards-as-fever-patients-pour-into-Delhi-hospitals/articleshow/53953693.cms


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