Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said most of the dengue patients in Bangladesh are getting infected from their workplaces.
“Today we talked to the patients of different hospitals and found out that they were infected from the workplaces. Besides, the patients say that the city corporations are not spreading sprays to kill mosquitos in different areas, lanes as per demand, which needs to be increased. Besides, mosquito spray is not being done in various offices and mill factories, due to which the number of dengue patients is increasing,” said Zahid Maleque.
The minister said these things to the journalists after visiting Mugda Medical College Hospital in the capital on Saturday.
He also said that most of the dengue patients this year are between 20 and 40 years old.
At this time, he said that most of this age group is working people and the number of male patients is increasing. About 63% of those affected by this disease are men and 37% are women.
“I will tell those who are in charge of all this to take adequate measures in this regard. It is not possible for the city corporation to go and spray your home or office. So we have to be aware of this,” said the minister.
After visiting Mugda Hospital, the health minister said that Mugda Hospital is doing enough to fight dengue. The number of patients there is relatively high.
Currently, about 500 dengue patients are under treatment. More than 100 dengue patients are admitted every day. So far 5,000 dengue patients have been admitted and treated in the hospital.
About 4,500 patients have been discharged after treatment. Besides, 43 patients have died so far. There is no shortage of anything from medicines to hospitals. About 5,000 packets of saline are required in this hospital every day. There are currently 52 ICUs here. More than 1,000 dengue tests are conducted every day, he added.
The health minister said that currently more than 6,000 dengue patients are receiving treatment in all the hospitals of the country. Out of which there are 3000 patients in Dhaka and 2500 outside Dhaka.
At present, the number of dengue patients in Dhaka city is stable. But the number of patients outside Dhaka is increasing, he added further.