The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has decided to turn DNCC Dedicated Covid-19 Hospital in the capital's Mohakhali area to dengue dedicated hospital.
Dengue patients are already admitted and receiving treatment in the hospital.
This information was revealed by Shafiqul Islam, deputy director of the Disease Control Branch (CDC) of DGHS, on Wednesday.
He also said that adequate manpower and equipment have not yet been arranged to declare the hospital dengue dedicated. If this is done, the hospital will be declared fully dedicated very soon.
Dengue has been rapidly spreading across Bangladesh.
Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning – the highest single-day casualties from the mosquito-borne disease this year.
The new casualties have raised the number of dengue fatalities in Bangladesh to 83 this year.
During the period, 1,054 more patients – highest single-day tally reported this year – were hospitalized with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
So far, the DGHS has recorded 14,897 dengue cases, 11,511 recoveries.
The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.
