Seasonal influenza (also known as ‘flu’) took four lives in Multan on Saturday. However, the Health Department Spokesperson Dr Atta-ur-Rehman said that the patients who have died were already suffering from other diseases, and influenza only worsened their health condition. Statistics revealed by the Health Department show that more than 35 patients were diagnosed with this disease at the Nishtar Hospital, Multan. In 2016, about 74 people were reported to have contracted with influenza, of which eight could not survive. Nishtar Hospital had formed an isolation ward for people suffering from influenza to restrict the spread of the contagious diseases.

Source: Pakistan Today December 30, 2017 18:56 UTC