Lahore reports the first case of Naegleria

Lahore has reported its first confirmed case of Naegleria, which emerges on Tuesday.

As reported a 30-year-old patient was admitted to the Services Hospital Lahore, whose tests in a private laboratory confirmed Naegleria.

According to the Services Hospital MS Dr Ehtisham Haque, the patient had various symptoms including headache and fever for the last four days.

“History is being determined about Naegleria, a disease of the central nervous system, case. A team of doctors is assigned the case of Naegleria for father investigation,” he added.

A team comprising senior medical experts has been assigned the patient’s treatment, he added.

Meanwhile, the health department’s teams have started investigations separately.

An official says a team of public health experts from the Lahore District Health Authority (DHA) visited the Services Hospital and found the patient unconscious.

The DHA team also visited the patient’s residence in Ichhra, where his family informed the doctors that he had recently been in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore, with his friends.

According to the family, the patient did not visit Karachi, where Naegleria cases have been reported recently.