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2014-10-19 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

[DAWN] KARACHI: A teenager with Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) has been under treatment at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JMPC) for the past three days, officials said on Monday.

The 19-year-old boy is a resident of Korangi and worked temporarily as a butcher during the Eidul Azha holidays.

The JPMC officials said the victim was a full-time worker in a Korangi factory producing shopping bags.

"He was admitted to the hospital with internal bleeding with a history of fever and fits on Tuesday," said Dr Seemin Jamali, joint executive director of the JPMC, while speaking to Dawn.

"We suspected that he was infected with dengue and CCHF and tested him for both while admitting him to the intensive care unit. He was confirmed to have contracted CCHF on Thursday," she added.

She said the young man's condition was critical and hospital doctors had taken precautionary measures to check with his relatives.

He was the second CCHF case admitted to the JPMC.

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#1 worked temporarily as a butcher during the Eidul Azha holidays
~~Congo-Crimean~~ Bush Meat haemorrhagic fever.
Is it killed in the cooking?

Posted by Skidmark 2014-10-19 15:24|| 2014-10-19 15:24|| Front Page Top

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