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India cancels leaves of doctors in Delhi in case of possible dengue outbreak

Xinhua, September 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

With the number of dengue cases surging in the Indian capital, the Delhi government has canceled the leaves of doctors and paramedical staff at all its public hospitals, local media reported on Tuesday.

"The government issued a circular today (Monday) that the leaves of all the staff, including doctors and paramedics of all Delhi government hospitals, will stand canceled till the dengue season is over," Indo-Asian News Service quoted Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain as saying.

The move came in the wake of hospitals struggling with manpower to deal with the rush of dengue patients. The health department received requests from many hospitals for the need of extra doctors and paramedical staff to tackle dengue patients, said the report.

Delhi is witnessing its biggest outbreak of dengue cases in five years, according to local media reports.

The strains of the disease that have emerged as the more dominant subtypes this year involve rapid drops in platelet levels, leading to a rush at clinics, hospitals and blood banks. Dengue causes a debilitating fever but can progress to potentially fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Doctors believe the coming four weeks could see a rise in cases as the temperatures haven't dipped yet, said local TV channel NDTV on Monday.

Till Sept. 5, 1,259 cases of dengue had been recorded in the capital region, the highest since 2009, when 1,512 cases were recorded.

The Delhi Health Department has issued an advisory to all hospitals not to refuse admission to any dengue patient. The hospitals have also been asked to increase the number of beds made available for the treatment of dengue patients. Endi