29 July 2010

EL SALVADOR: Hospitals And Clinics Overwhelmed By Respiratory Diseases.

AFP/     A rise in respiratory diseases including pneumonia and dengue fever has hospitals and clinics working at full capacity. An official said acute respiratory disease is up in 11 of the country's 14 departments, totaling some 1.3 million cases since the start of the year, including 26,546 cases of pneumonia and 6,584 cases of dengue fever.