The number of dengue patients in the MKCG Medical College Hospital here seemed rising as three more patients with dengue symptoms were admitted in the hospital in a single day on Friday.
According to information, Amit Priyadarshani, a high school student of Malakanagiri, D Jagannath of Ganjam district’s Kainchapur and S Behera of lanjipalli, were admitted in the Dengue Ward of the hospital on the day. Their blood samples have been sent for examination.
However, Ganjam District Malaria Prevention Officer Dr Umashankar Mishra claimed that only two dengue patients are currently undergoing treatment in the MKCG. He said so far 45 dengue patients have been identified in Ganjam district of which 30 are from outside the district.
With the number of dengue patients increasing in the premier hospital, a state of panic has prevailed in the silk city.
Piling of trucks of solid wastes and debris on roadsides and stagnation of dirty water in most of the drains for months together have added to the denizens’ woes as these help mosquitoes to breed.
locals have demanded that the Brahmapur Municipality Corporation (BMC) authorities lift the garbage from roadsides to a distant place and clean the drains regularly.