Nay Pyi Taw officials combat dengue outbreak
By Su Hlaing Tun | Monday, 10 June 2013A child's death from dengue fever has triggered a fight back against the disease in Nay Pyi Taw.
The city council has declared emergency preventive measures after two-and-a-half-year-old Mg Phyoe Thant Zin died on May 24.
Mother Daw Khine Thant Ei Lwin said a doctor had initially thought her son's condition was not serious.
"We went to a child specialist on May 21 because of the baby's high fever and the doctor told us to come back on May 23. But when his condition got worse, we rushed the baby to hospital. ... We're so sorry we couldn't save our baby's life," she said.
After the child died, district and township administrators, heads of health departments and the City Development Council began spraying mosquito repellent throughout Nay Pyi Taw amid signs that the disease was now afflicting adults as well as children. They are also disinfecting water where mosquitoes can breed.
Nay Pyi Taw Council member Dr Paing Soe said during a recent seminar that infection rates in the capital have risen this year, with 212 people already hospitalised. "The disease is usually encountered in June and July. But now it has started since May 15. There is no particular medicine for dengue hemorrhagic fever, and preventive medicines are not yet available," said Dr Paing Soe, a former deputy health minister.
Translated by Zar Zar Soe
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/06/24/nay-pyi-taw-officials-combat-dengue-outbreak/
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