Fever rush fills hospital beds across Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: A 50-60% jump in fever cases in the last fortnight has led to most children’s hospitals brimming with patients.
While the biggest state run paediatric tertiary care centre, Niloufer Hospital, has almost all of its 800 beds full, private hospitals too are seeing nearly full occupancy.
“Around 40% of cases are dengue, remaining are viral fevers, upper respiratory infections and unexplained fevers too.However, the most serious thing right now is dengue as even a little delay in seeking treatment is resulting in children landing in a critical condition,” said Dr Ravi Kumar, senior professor, Niloufer Hospital.
Dr Kumar said that almost all the 800 beds were full and the outpatient footfalls of paediatric patients had crossed 5,500 so far this month.
The number of fever cases for the season at individual hospitals was also far more than the cases reported last year.
“We have had many more fever cases this year in the OPD. Mainly dengue and a few cases of Covid-19. Many of the dengue cases required admission,” said Dr Sai Suveer Reddy, consultant paediatrician, Apollo Cradle and Children’s Hospital, Kondapur.