A medical doctor died from the effects of hemorrhagic dengue fever at the Union Medica Clinic in Santiago yesterday, Sunday 18 August. The doctor, Ruben Antonio Cruz Abinader, 40, worked in the clinic and according to El Caribe, had treated his own symptoms until the case became so severe that he was hospitalized with high fever and pain. The clinic spokesman, Victor Ramos, said that after arriving at the clinic the doctor was hospitalized for four days in a critical condition.