Health Department setup more isolation wards after increase in dengue cases.

PESHAWAR -- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has increased number of isolation wards for dengue patients after spike in dengue positive cases in Mardan and Khyber district.

The spokesperson for the Health Department said that isolation wards with 150 beds have been established in various health facilities of Mardan district.

He said that two tehsils of Mardan district, Takht-i-bahi and Babuzai have reported highest number of dengue cases and all necessary arrangements including fumigation at marshy places and awareness campaign for people to adopt precautionary measures have been stared.

He said that dengue ward with 20 beds have been established in Mardan Medical Complex including in tehsil and district...

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