The twin cities of Jharkhand Bokaro and Dhanbad are once again on dengue alerts, at least 11 fresh cases have been reported in the last few days in the two districts.
A 14-month-old toddler Shashank, resident of Jainamore Bokaro is also in the grip of Dengue and has been referred to Kolkata hospital. Out of 11 patients, six were from Bokaro and Five from Dhanbad, were admitted at BGH for treatment. Two of them are still undergoing and their conditions are now under control, BGH sources said. “The others were discharged a few days earlier”, added the sources.
The district administration has launched comprehensive measures to check the spread of the virus. The district health department, on the insistence of the district administration, has also sought help from corporate houses in its endeavor to arrest the outbreak. Taking tough steps to control the outbreak of dengue Bokaro Steel Plant’s administration started fogging and anti-larva treatment in the township areas, official said.“The health department is doing its best but the people on individual level needs to do more and therefore, the awareness requires to be spread to every concern”, told SN Tewary Civil Surgeon Bokaro.
Elaborating about the diseases Civil Surgeon said : Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. It causes severe, flu-like symptoms with high fever and extreme muscle and joint pain. Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) are less common but more severe forms of the disease. DHF or DSS initially presents with very similar symptoms to Dengue Fever.The disease then progresses to a stage where the blood vessels become permeable causing a breakdown ofthe circulatory system, fluid loss, and possibly death, added Tewary.