With the outbreak of Dengue, this year city hospitals have been asked to postpone non-emergency procedures, including surgeries, to admit and treat dengue patients on priority. The Delhi government advisory, that was issued to both government and private hospitals on Tuesday, said no dengue patient should be turned away because of lack of beds. Over 830 dengue cases have been reported so far this year, 778 of them in August alone. After 2010, when 1,014 patients were diagnosed with dengue in August and over 6,000 in the whole year, this year has seen the highest number of dengue patients in the last five years.
“We have told hospitals not to turn away dengue patients even if it means rescheduling all non-emergency procedures, including surgeries,” said Dr. Charan Singh, in-charge of the vector-borne control program in the Delhi government. “No health institute, government or private,…
