“Anyone who experienced the symptoms of Dengue Fever should be brought immediately to the Provincial Hospital,” Dr. Jose Lito P. Trumata, the Provincial Health Officer II, and the head of the Salvacion Oppus – Yñiquez Memorial Provincial Hospital, Maasin City, said during the interview by the Southern Leyte Balita, just recently.

According to him, symptoms of the Dengue Fever are fever, rashes on skins or bleeding. “However, Dengue Fever currently doesn’t show symptoms recorded on the book. Sometimes patients experience only the fever without rashes. Sometimes there’s no bleeding… That’s why, the patient should be brought immediately to the hospital for immediate checkup and treatment,” the doctor said.

Dr. Trumata added that the two elementary grader who died this month of August were not immediately brought to the hospital before the illness’s worsen. The first victim was an 11 year-old girl from Barangay Abgao who studied at the St. Joseph College and the other victim was a resident of Barangay Mantahan and a pupil of the Tomas Oppus Pilot School.

However, the number of patients admitted at the SOYMPH who are suffering from Dengue Fever, according to Dr. Trumata,  has decreased compared to the number of patients last month of July. (Report by Jade G. Nombrado /English Translation by Sustines Laplana /Image credit to thinkquest.org )

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Southern Leyte Balita is a weekly newspaper in Southern Leyte with its office at Kangleon St., Tagnipa, Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Philippines. Tel. No. (053) 570-9500. The Southern Leyte Balita publishes announcements and notices like the Sales in Extra-Judicial Foreclosure Cases, Judicial Notices such as Special Proceedings, Court Orders and Summonses and other notices that are required to be published based on PD 1079.