42 DHF Cases Appear In Mukomuko In 8 Months, 2 Deaths

Officers absorb residential areas to eradicate Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes that cause Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF). (Between-Iggoy el Fitra)

BENGKULU - Mukomuko District Health Office (Dinkes) handled 42 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in eight months since January 2023.

"There are 42 cases of dengue spread across a number of areas," said Head of Control and Eradication of Infectious Diseases at the Mukomuko District Health Office Ruli Herlindo in Mukomuko, Bengkulu, Tuesday, September 12, as reported by Antara. Of the 42 cases of dengue fever, two DHF patients from Lubuk Sanai Village, XIV Koto District died. The rest, he said, recovered after undergoing treatment at health facilities spread across Mukomuko.

The two dengue cases that died, namely Rislapi (56) were positive for dengue fever and Herwilin (34) suspected for dengue fever. The two cases of death were treated along with two family members who are also dengue fever. Ruli said that a number of efforts were made by his party to prevent the spread of dengue disease in Mukomuko, such as rapid tests or mass rapid tests in a number of locations where the dengue cases were found. The efforts have also been completed. The Ministry of Health, he continued, conducted a mass fever survey to detect early patients with dengue disease in this area so that immediate treatment can be carried out. "We prepared rapid DHD test kits in as many as 17 health centers so that inspections of residents suspected of being indicated as a disease can be detected quickly," he said.

In addition, he said, distributing larvae to residents, as an effort to eradicate mosquitoes that cause dengue hemorrhagic fever. The provision of larvae was carried out by the puskesmas to kill mosquito larvae that transmit dengue in homes.