One more suspected case of dengue was reported at DVC hospital, Bokaro Thermal in the past 24 hours, taking the total patient count in DVC run hospital in the coal belt to two.
According to JK Janch-ghar, Bokaro Thermal prop righter AK Sakuja, one 28-year-old Renu Kumari daughter of late Ambika Prasad who hails from Bokaro Thermal but works in private firm in Varanasi (UP) was admitted in DVC hospital on Friday. Her platelet count which was less than 80,000 when she was initially tested for dengue in Varanasi but it reached to an alarming level after she was brought to the Bokaro Thermal.
According to Dr H Kumar, the normal platelet count in an adult ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 per micro litres of blood.
Earlier on Thursday morning, DVC hospital admitted Md Ahshan a native of Kurpania. Ahshan works in Chennai but had come to his hometown on vacation last week. In Bokaro, where he fell ill he first consulted a local doctor with symptoms of dengue on Thursday and was referred to DVC hospital.
While Dr H Kumar MD told The Pioneer that both chikungunya and dengue are viral diseases that are transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. The symptoms for both diseases are similar but there are some key differences that set them apart, which, if not detected and treated on time, may prove fatal.