October 2, 2008
DEAR DIARY ;
Errrrr....oookkay ;
Three people contracted dengue via blood transmission.
I never knew that dengue could be spread like that and the very bad thing is "T
here are currently no licensed kits available in the market to screen donated blood for dengue." This is bad. Really bad. Why is it so that there isn't any kit to test trial it?
I am so not going to have blood transfer till they found a solution for this (anyway, I am not permitted to donate blood as well. Like the rest of my family because of some genetic issue). Will the accidental touch of blood cause dengue as well?
But through a more positive hindsight. it may be a good thing as it would push the medical people to run through checks on the bloods and this would ensure that we get good blood when we need them. So let's just have the same confidence in our health care workers just like when there was SARS.
It also goes to show the efficiency in Singapore health care system that they are already researching on the various ways to test the blood. (: This shows how responsible we are in solving problems and remain calm in adversity.
This is seriously news!
As much as the precaution would be taken into consideration, we still got to be careful! :/
