One more dies of dengue, 285 patients hospitalised DSCC to run mobile courts from June 18

Staff Reporter :
One more dengue patient died in 24 hours till Thursday morning in Bangladesh, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 29 this year.
At the same time, 285 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the new patients, 237 were admitted to hospitals in the capital city and the rest outside Dhaka, DGHS said.
Nine hundred and 37 patients, including 766 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 4,087 dengue cases and 3,121 recoveries this year.

Besides, the government health officials, experts and scientists feared a bigger dengue outbreak this year compared to the past years unless necessary preventive measures are taken immediately.
Official sources said, the climate change threat to Bangladesh has already affected health in the form of

growing respiratory diseases, vector-borne diseases like dengue, along with deteriorating mental health conditions, according to a World Bank report published on October 7, 2021.
The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019.

The highest number of hospitalised dengue cases was officially recorded 1,01,354 in 2019, 28,429 in 2021 and 62,382 in 2022 since 2000 when Bangladesh started keeping records of dengue hospitalisation and deaths.
UNB adds: The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will operate mobile courts from June 18 to keep the dengue situation under control by destroying Aedes mosquitoes.
Md Mizanur Rahman, chief executive officer of DSCC, directed its officials concerned on various issues and told them to start operating mobile courts at the field level from next Sunday. He made the disclosure at a meeting at Nagar Bhaban on Thursday afternoon.

He said that it is a proven method to destroy the breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes to control the dengue outbreak.
Besides, public awareness is also very important to destroy the breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes.
“We hope that through this initiative we will be able to control the dengue disease in the area under the Dhaka South City Corporation,” he added.
DSCC Chief Property Officer Russell Sabrin, Acting Chief health Officer Dr. Fazle Shamsul Kabir, among others, were present at the meeting.