The National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara has recorded a dramatic increase of dengue-like illness cases this week.
NRH Chief Executive Officer, Dr Steve Aumanu says the Hospital’s emergency department has recorded a total of 245 cases of the dengue-like illness symptoms.
“Since the activation of the Hospital dengue response arrangements on the 10th of October 2016, the cumulative total number of patients with dengue-like symptoms presented to NRH Emergency Department as of the 17th of October is now 245. This is a dramatic increase from 45 suspected cases presented to the NRH in the preceding week.”