RAWALPINDI: Dengue mosquitoes have started to emerge on the premises of three government-run hospitals in the government city. The same hospitals are currently seeing a steady stream of dengue patients.

On Wednesday a health department team supervised by entomologist Fatima Haq visited the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) and discovered dengue mosquitoes in the doctors` hostel, the surgical ward and the hospital gardens.

Another team found dengue mosquitoes at the Holy Family Hospital on Tuesday.

A senior doctor told Dawn that the presence of dengue mosquitoes on hospital premises could be dangerous as a patient could contract the virus if they are bitten.

He said that hospital administrations had to adopt safety measures and properly fumigate areas in and around their hospitals.-A Reporter