As many as 18 dengue cases at three nursing homes were reported within a month in Garhwa.
Two patients have been referred to RIMS, Ranchi, while six are being treated here. Over half-a-dozen people with symptoms of dengue visited the three nursing homes during last month and all of them tested positive for the disease, Dr. Ashok Kumar said.
All those patients were migrant workers from several places of country who had returned home to celebrate festivals. Likewise, some students who returned home from other states have also tested positive for dengue.
Seven patients were admitted in my nurshing home, three have been discharged after treatment while four still under treatment,Dr. Kumar added.
Seven patients including Akash Singh, Suraj Singh, Niraj Pandey have been discharged after treatment, while Rafique Ansari, Suraj Kumar, Pankaj Kumar and Amir khan are undergoing treatment.
All patients are out of danger, he informed. Dr. Pankaj Prabhat director of Prabhat Nursing home listed four patients of dengue in his hospital. He said two were referred to RIMS, Ranchi for better treatment and two have been discharged.
Director of the Parmeshwari nurshing home Dr. Nishant Singh said seven dengue patients were in nurshing home, out of which five patients have been discharged. Two are undergoing treatment here.