17-yr-old girl dies at SCB
Baleswar district registered a second dengue death case with one Sangeeta Jena (17), a resident of Inchudi village under the Khantapara police station, succumbing to the disease while undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack on Thursday.
Sangeeta had been shifted from the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) to the SCB on Tuesday after her condition deteriorated.
Nodal Health Officer of the district Anil Shaw said Sangeeta admitted in the DHH with complaint of fever about 4-5 days ego was tested positive for dengue. Besides dengue she was also suffering from jaundice. The complications could have led to her death, he said.
Earlier on August 27, one Baikuntha Pradhan (38) of Kurutia village under Bhograi block had died due to dengu at Puttapurthy hospital in Andhra Pradesh. He was part of a 150-member group of a ‘Satya Sai Seva Sangathan’ which had gone to Puttapurthy. Some of them belonging to different districts were also found to carry the virus on their return.
The number of detected patients suffering from dengue has gone up to 117. Benapura under Basta block is worst hit with 49 people carry the virus. Currently, 18 patients, including 2 from the Benapura are, are undergoing treatment in the DHH.
Recently, MP RK Jena visited some patients and took the stock of the situation in certain pockets.
Shaw said, “We are taking all necessary measures to contain the dengue menace. People have been advised to avoid stagnation of water, wear full-sleeve shirts and use mosquito nets. The Benapura situation is improving.” The vector-borne disease is also found to have spread its wing in Nilgiri ad Remuna blocks.