Three government-run hospitals on Wednesday arranged more beds for dengue fever patients as their number is increasing each day.
The hospitals received another 57 patients--Holy Family Hospital 26, Benazir Bhutto Hospital 23 and district headquarters hospital eight-- on Wednesday taking the overall tally to 618.
As a result, the existing dengue wards in the hospitals ran short of beds.
Besides beds, teh RMC Principal Prof. Dr. Mohammad Umer asked the hospitals to make arrangements for more nursing staff and doctors to provide medical care to the dengue patients.
At present 96 dengue patients admitted in Holy Family Hospital (HFH), 49 in Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) and 42 in district headquarters (DHQ) hospital.