Jakarta (ANTARA) – The South Jakarta Health Department (Sudinkes), stated that there have been cases of deaths due to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DBD) in the area.
“There was a case of death due to dengue fever in Kebayoran Lama last week. So, one person died while at the puskesmas,” said Head of the South Jakarta Health Sub-Department (Sudinkes) Yudi Dimyati in Jakarta, Monday.
According to him, the latest data on March 26 2024 shows that dengue fever cases in South Jakarta reached 288 cases from 10 sub-districts in the area.
He explained that the case of death that was discovered occurred in Kebayoran Lama District, namely when the patient came to the puskesmas he was already in a coma and died three hours later.
Yudi said that the patient had visited the community health center in the area, but when asked for a laboratory test, the patient insisted on going home. Three days later the patient came back in a coma.
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“He came to the health center in a coma, even though he had previously been to the health center. When he was checked, it turned out that his platelets had dropped to only 40 thousand from the normal 150 thousand,” he said.
He added, with this death case, officers immediately carried out fogging or fumigation to eradicate mosquitoes in areas where there were positive cases.
Previously, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov) stepped up raids to eradicate mosquito nests (PSN) simultaneously by implementing the 3M plus movement in seven regional structures to deal with the increase in dengue cases.
“So, there was a Regional Secretary’s SE (circular) yesterday, starting today and in the future we will carry out PSN raids,” said Ani.
According to him, the PSN 3M plus raid, namely draining, closing, recycling plus other activities that prevent the breeding and bites of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in various settings must continue to be improved.
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In particular, said Ani, those in seven settings include households/settlements, educational institutions, offices, public places, food sales places, sports facilities and health facilities.
According to him, in fact, of the five cities and one district that are part of DKI Jakarta, the average dengue fever cases are increasing, both in West, East, North, South, Central Jakarta and the Thousand Islands.
However, Ani said, the area with the most dengue fever cases as of March 26 2024 was West Jakarta with the number of cases reaching 716, followed by South Jakarta with 576, East Jakarta with 562, North Jakarta with 262 cases, Central Jakarta with 172, and the Thousand Islands with 18 cases.
2024-04-01 11:40:10
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