SANTO DOMINGO. Three children affected by dengue died yesterday and with their deaths, the number of victims increased to 36 killed by the disease that has affected more than 4,066.

Of the three, only one was identified as Michael Martinez, 2, who lived in the Los 40 section of Cristo Rey.

Of the minors, was had been hospitalized in the ward and the others were in intensive care at the Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital where they were received in critical condition, according to the information at the facility. The children died in less than 24 hours.

With theses deaths, the number of fatalities at the hospital rose to 12. The hospital has diagnosed more than 800 cases and of these, there were more than 400 of the hemorrhagic variety of dengue.

Meanwhile, the personnel from the Health Ministry met yesterday with the representatives of the Pan American Health Organization, Miguel Machuca, and the director of the Luis Eduardo Aybar Hospital, Luisa Lafontaine. Where in the last two months there has been an increase in the number of patients hospitalized with hemorrhagic dengue.

During the meeting, representatives of the National Department of Epidemiology said that many cases are confused with respiratory problems for which some patients that are taken to hospitals are given antibiotics which complicates the problem.

De Diario Libre