With the death of a 20-year old youth, the death toll due to dengue in the city has reached seven. The youth died while undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospital on Friday.
Deepak, the latest casualty which was reported on Friday, was admitted at Siddhi Vinayak hospital after suffering from prolonged illness and when his condition started deteriorating, he was referred to JP hospital and was later referred to Hamidia hospital where his condition deteriorated further and he died in the night on Friday.
This was the third death which occurred due to dengue in the past two weeks. On Thursday 75-year-old RK Shrivastava of Sarvadharm Colony died while undergoing treatment late in the night on Thursday. His son Sujeet Shrivastava claimed that after his reported fever he was admitted at a private hospital in Kolar area where he was tested positive for dengue. later he was referred to Hajela hospital where his condition improved a little but kidney and lungs contracted infection. He died late in the night on Thursday.
However, director of Hajela hospital Dr Anoop Hajela claimed that patient was suffering from several disorders including Septemicia. His report by Malaria office of ElISA test was negative which makes it difficult to confirm that the patient died of dengue. The same set of situations was witnessed around a week ago when a final year BDS student died of dengue in the city and the health officials maintained that the patient was tested negative for dengue and died of some other reason. She was the fourth victim of dengue in the city. The victim hailed from Piparia Hoshangabad.