A five-year-old dengue patient was diagnosed at Rampada village under Bhpaur block in Nayagarh district on Saturday.
According to reports, Badri Prasad Swain of the village is the first dengue patient to be identified in the village. Source said that Swain was suffering from high fever since five days and rushed to the Bhapur hospital. Later, he was shifted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar as there was no improvement in his health. After tests, it was revealed that he was suffering from dengue. Ramchandi Club members said that the incidence has created panic among the villagers. They demanded that the district administration sprinkle bleaching power in the village as soon as possible to curb spread of the disease.