Two dengue cases have been detected at the MKCG Medical College Hospital here. After blood test, one Sunil Patro of luchapada and Santosh Kumar Panigrahi of Gautam Nagar were found to be affected by dengue.
While Sunil was admitted to the medical on Tuesday, Santosh is undergoing treatment since Monday. Both are kept at the dengue ward of the medical and given special care. Notably, Sunil is a staff of the medical college hospital who works as a warder at the women unit of the Medicine Department.
“This is the first dengue cases detected in Brahmapur in the current season,” said a medical officer.
It is alleged that while the sanitation facilities at the hospital are in poor condition, drainages at various places are not being cleaned up by the civic body. The disease had also affected many in the silk city last year and blood samples of 54 patients at the hospital were tested.