Two patients suffering from dengue were admitted to the special dengue ward of Sadar Hospital in the State Capital for treatment on Sunday. The investigation confirmed that both of them were suffering from dengue, after which they were admitted and treatment was started.
With this the number of patients in the ward has increased to 19. However, late in the evening, due to falling oxygen level of a dengue patient, he was referred to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). Due to this, 18 patients are left in the ward. At the same time, samples of two dozen suspects were taken on record for testing in the lab. On Sunday, 15 suspected dengue patients were found across the State. Of these, 7 people have given their samples for ELISA (dengue) test. Among the dengue suspects, Deoghar has the highest number of 11 patients. There is 1 patient from Dhanbad and 3 from Koderma.
To prevent diseases including dengue, chikungunya and malaria in the city, Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) started spraying Larvisadal in all the wards on Saturday. Along with this, the corporation employees gave information related to prevention of disease to the people so that people can have correct information about how to protect themselves from these mosquitoes. In view of dengue patients being found in the State Capital and dengue, chikungunya and malaria infection in the city, Ranchi Municipal Corporation Administrator, Amit Kumar has ordered that larvicidal spraying and fogging should be done on a large scale in the entire city to destroy the breeding source of mosquitoes so that people can be saved from its outbreak.