dengue nightmare

thought the outbreak is under control when I saw the number of patient being admitted after new year had reduced. Too bad, it was a temporary phenomena when I saw a sudden surge of patient admission since last week. There are more patient being admitted to ICU care of severe dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome, with a total of 24 admissions to ICU alone last year, and a total of 907 admissions to Penang Hospital (adult figure)!!

Is anyone out there really working to reduce this outbreak? I am tired of receiving patients now! We as a clinicians are the receiving party, if the prevention is good, then the whole situation will not be as bad!!

So I have decided to write a love letter to the authority to look into this matter, however, we will not have the situation being controlled if everyone in this community did not participate in bringing the outbreak to a stop! First, start from our own backyard, make sure there will be no place for aedes to breed! (I am asking my maid to make sure all water container to be removed, all drains to be cleared) and the health authority really need to work their way harder by not only fogging but also making sure to check all premises to get rid of the breeding ground!

Now my ward is mad house....and everyday, the doctors are paying more attention on discharging the patients back home earlier and putting ourselves at risk of malpractice rather than treating the patients properly, just to make way for all dengue cases!! The whole system is going to break down if the situation gets worse....pray hard for ourselves and for the patients!