One Family Dies Of Dengue Fever, Ministry Of Health Sends Data Collection Team

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BENGKULU - The Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Vector Working Group (DHF) team to Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province was dispatched by the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) RI to collect data and information related to the alleged death of a family due to dengue fever. "It is possible that on Wednesday (August 23) we arrived guests from the Working Group of the DBD Working Group of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia," said the Manager of the DBD Program of the Mukomuko District Health Office Ruli Herlindo, quoting Antara, Sunday, August 20. According to Ruli, the Indonesian Ministry of Health came to Mukomuko due to the conditions of extraordinary events (KLB) in his area. Moreover, there was one family who died allegedly due to dengue fever. He stated, although the results of medical examinations in this area, only one of the four people in one family in the area who died were positive for dengue fever, but they assessed the events in this area KLB. One family who died, namely Firmasyah (65), Rislali (56), Herwilin (34), and one baby who were still in Herwilin content. However, of the four people in one family who died, one person who tested positive for dengue fever, and two people were negative for dengue fever. However, he said, they had assessed the incident in this area KLB because there was a death case. And they assessed that one house had a complaint.

Then, he said, they considered the KLB because there were deaths in one family due to dengue fever but had not been investigated. Regarding the efforts made by the health office in handling the DHF case in the Lubuk Sanai Village area, XIV Koto District, he said, by conducting an epidemiological investigation (PE) at the location of the resident's house which was declared positive for dengue fever. He said the health office was assisted by the resort police to carry out mass absorption or fogging at the location of the residents' houses who died due to dengue fever in the area. Then, his agency asked for public participation in eradicating mosquito nests (PSN) to prevent dengue disease in their respective neighborhoods. He said PSN was coordinated by the puskesmas through the sub-district. For the implementation time of PSN it could be on Friday or Sunday.Graise with PSN in this area, he said, not only done in Lubuk Sanai Village but in all villages in Mukomuko Regency.