A Delhi Police inspector died of dengue in the national Capital on Saturday, according to officials. Inspector Om Prakash, recently posted as Station House Officer (SHO) of North-West Delhi’s Bhalswa Dairy Police Station, was admitted to Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh this week after he complained of fever and uneasiness, said the official adding that later on he succumbed to the disease. With this dealth, now dengue toll has reached up to 41.
Forty-four-year-old Om Prakash had joined Bhalswa Police Station just two days ago after being transferred from the Special Branch of the Delhi Police where he served for six years. Om Prakash is survived by his wife and two sons, who stay at South-West Delhi’s Nazafgarh area.
A native of Haryana’s Mahendragarh district, Om Prakash had joined the Delhi Police in 1994 as a sub inspector. He got promoted to inspector in 2009. According to a senior official Om Prakash was suffering from viral fever but continued to come to office. On Friday evening at his police station, he complained of uneasiness. The staff members present at the police station took him to Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh where doctors admitted him for the treatment. “He was kept under observation but died this morning,” said the officer. Two more people lost their lives due to the vector-borne disease in the past two days, hospital sources said.
Besides, a 15-year-old boy, resident of Kapashera, also succumbed to dengue at RMl hospital. A constable hailing from Uttarakhand who was undergoing treatment at Sir Ganga Ram hospital died of the disease on October 7.
The deceased was posted in Haldwani and was referred from Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly after he was tested positive for dengue and developed complications, said hospital sources.
The number of people down with the vector-borne fever in the city has soared to 9,438 while the dengue death toll in the city as per the civic body officials stands at 30. The outbreak this year has become the worst in the last six years, having surpassed the 2010 figure for the total number of cases (6,259) by the end of the last month. Out of the total number of cases reported till Saturday, September alone has seen 6,775 cases, also the highest in the last six years. Incidentally, no cases were reported in the first three days of this month.