Taking the death toll to 25, the deadly vector-borne disease has claimed five more lives in the national Capital. Harish Chauhan, 38, from South Delhi's Deoli village, died on Friday night at Batra Hospital while Sarita Devi, 51, a resident of Jankapuri-D Block succumbed to dengue at Mata Roop Rani Hospital.
Chauhan's family alleged that the two Government hospitals did not give proper treatment to him for dengue while for five days, Batra Hospital, where he died on Friday, treated him for liver infection.
Deceased's brother Mukesh Chauhan alleged that they took Harish to Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital on September 11 after he complained of fever and started vomiting but the doctors there asked him to go home after prescribing some medicines.
In the night, his condition deteriorated and he was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital where he was admitted in medicine ward. Mukesh alleged that though Harish's condition deteriorated, no senior doctor came to see him despite repeated requests.
"They threw the files at me and asked me to take him anywhere at my risk," Mukesh alleged, adding he was then taken to Batra Hospital where he was treated for liver infection
"They treated him for liver infection for the first five days. On September 17, they told us he had dengue. His condition further deteriorated and he passed away on Friday," said Mukesh, adding that Batra Hospital charged a hefty amount to hand over the body.
Batra Hospital said the patient was brought to the hospital with chronic liver disease.
The patient was first stabilised and then was administered dengue test which revealed that he was exposed to dengue well before and his body already developed antibodies against dengue virus, said Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi, Managing Director of Batra Hospital Medical Research Centre (BHMRC).
"...It was very important and urgent to treat the bleeding problem and at BHMRC we did the same and simultaneously took care of dengue symptomatic treatment like fever, blood transfusion etc...," he said.
In, an another incident of dengue death, Sarita Devi, 51, a resident of Jankapuri-D Block succumbed to the deadly disease. On September 14, she was taken to Dwarka's Blood Brain Centre Hospital from where she was referred to the Mata Roop Rani Hospital on Friday in a very critical condition.
Till date, more than 2000 people have been infected with the dengue infection across the city.