The increase in dengue cases is inseparable from environmental factors and the impact of rain.
SEMARAPURA, Nusa Bali
Klungkung Hospital Public Relations Gusti Putu Widiasa said that there were 11 DHF patients who were still being treated at Klungkung Hospital. Each of 8 patients from Mainland Klungkung, 1 patient from Nusa Penida district and 2 patients from Karangasem. “We also serve patients outside the Klungkung regency,” Gusti Widiasa said on Sunday (11/27). Separately, RSUD Gema Santi Nusa Penida Director Made Rai Sutapa said that DHF patients have been on a spike since last week. There are currently 9 patients being treated.
The increase in dengue cases is inseparable from environmental factors and the impact of rain. Nusa Penida sub-district chief Komang Widyasa Putra said the results of monitoring and coordination with Gema Santi Hospital showed that most of the patients were children. As a preventative measure, Widiasa urges Nusa Penida residents to raise their awareness and maintain environmental hygiene. “Last Friday (11/25) we held PSN concurrently in Nusa Penida district,” Widiasa said.
Previously, a 1-year-old boy from Pekandelan, Semarapura Klod village, Klungkung district had died of dengue. This child died in intensive care in the ICU room of Klungkung Hospital on Monday (3/10). The results of monitoring in the victim’s home environment, the officers found many mosquito larvae in the puddles. Klungkung Health Bureau Chief Dr. Ni Made Adi Swapatni said 302 residents in Klungkung were recorded to have been infected with DHF between January and October. A resident of Klungkung also died last July because he tested positive for dengue. *pale
