The West Demerara Regional Hospital saw over 50 patients yesterday morning with symptoms of the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya.
A reliable source at the hospital said out of 90 patients seen yesterday morning at the hospital’s outpatient department, 60 of them showed signs of having chikungunya.
The source said the hospital has seen an increase in the number of suspected cases in the last month although “some people, once they get a slight pain, they say, ‘Doc, it’s chikungunya.’” Yet, the source noted that the hospital has seen some extreme probable cases in the last few weeks.
“Some people would come in and their whole body would be covered with rash… we had times when people
