The Robert Reid has received 344 so far this year and currently has five patients admitted.
HOLY SUNDAY. -The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MISPAS) through the General Directorate of Epidemiology (DIGEPI) reported on Wednesday that there is no overflow of dengue cases, but it there is an increase in suspected cases of the disease, for which he calls on the population not to be negligent, since this is the time of the transmission of vector-borne tropical diseases.
Dr Ronald Skewes advised that the disease occurs and spreads in the home and that all of these events are within expected parameters, “we are at a point where cases are starting to increase, being the behavior of dengue fever for years” .
The Ministry of Public Health said it is maintaining surveillance and active community search for febrile cases, treatment and investigation of identified cases, in addition to strengthening surveillance.
He indicated that the season with the highest circulation of the disease has started in the Dominican Republic and in several countries of the Caribbean and America.
Clement Terrero.
Meanwhile, Dr. Clemente Terrero, director of Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital, reported that in the current epidemiological week (#26), he treated 344, with an average of 3-5 cases. per day (12 to 15 cases per week), being most cases in children aged 9 to 15 years and mainly corresponding to the female sex.
He clarified that “there is no overflow of dengue cases in the country”, and clarified that, compared to previous years, when there had been large epidemics of the disease, “the number of cases existing is insignificant this year”, given Note that a higher peak is expected.
The director of the Robert Reid hospital indicated that at the moment in said center there are five patients admitted and an availability of 10 beds, however, the center is able to increase the beds available for the care of disease as is traditionally done. .
He said that as reported in today’s Epidemiological Bulletin, regarding dengue there are two deaths to be confirmed, while urging the general population to monitor the behavior of the disease.
“For the prevention of dengue, we need the participation of citizens, at the moment there are rains and heat, factors that influence the spread of the mosquito and the increase in the virus infection in the country “, said the doctor.
Moreover, he recommended that if you have a family member with a fever, take them to the health center immediately, in order to avoid complications from the disease.
While the doctor Dhomelise Then, hospital director Hugo Mendoza, said that in this center they receive between 10 and 12 cases of dengue per day. The cases correspond to children between 5 and 9 years old, as well as between 10 and 19 years old, being mostly male.
Dr Then stressed that the informed population is the one who prevents and avoids the breeding sites of dengue-transmitting mosquitoes, insisting that it is a disease that usually occurs and is transmitted in homes, for which she called on parents and the community to break down the sectors. to prevent the vector from reproducing.