Hospitals warned against spreading dengue panic

HYDERABAD: Mayor Majid Hussain on Thursday warned private hospitals of legal action in case they were found to be falsely creating panic about the spread of dengue in the city.
Hussain said that of the seven cases of dengue purportedly identified in the city, six were such which have yet to be confirmed with the remaining one displaying symptoms similar to dengue.
"Hussain has directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner to issue notices of legal action to Sunrise hospital for spreading panic," a civic official said in a news release. M
T Krishna Babu, the GHMC commissioner, said that a notice had been served on Sunrise hospital, Narayanguda.