NEWS FLASH - 84-year-old man dies from dengue, sixth victim this year

SINGAPORE:
新传媒新闻报道，又有一人因患上骨痛溢血热症而逝世，使得今年的骨痛热症死亡病例达到了六起。

死者是一名84岁欧亚裔男子，生前住在蔡厝港。男子在上个月22日申诉腹部和背部疼痛之后，送进国大医院，诊断他患上了骨痛溢血热症，住院八天后去世。

{ News extract dated 4 Sept 2007, Tue from xin.sg }

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SINGAPORE:
An 84-year-old Eurasian man died from dengue last Thursday, making it the sixth death from the disease this year.

Tests showed the man, who was living in Choa Chu Kang area, had contracted dengue haemorrhagic fever. The patient's condition deteriorated rapidly while he was in hospital, and he died on August 30.

Twenty-five people died from dengue in 2005.

{ News extract dated 4 Sept 2007, Tue from Channel NewsAsia }