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Ten dengue cases in Varanasi, Agra
TEN CASES of dengue were detected in Varanasi and Agra. The Varanasi district health administration was on its toes after five patients, including a foreign national, were found to be suffering from the disease over the past week. These five patients were admitted to Heritage Hospital in Lanka area. Heritage Hospital medical superintendent Dr PSR Aiyyar and Dr SK Singh confirmed that the five persons were infected with the dengue virus. However, they refused to disclose the names of patients.
TEN CASES of dengue were detected in Varanasi and Agra.
The Varanasi district health administration was on its toes after five patients, including a foreign national, were found to be suffering from the disease over the past week. These five patients were admitted to Heritage Hospital in Lanka area. Heritage Hospital medical superintendent Dr PSR Aiyyar and Dr SK Singh confirmed that the five persons were infected with the dengue virus. However, they refused to disclose the names of patients.
Dr SK Singh said, “Medical diagnosis through clinical testing of ‘ IGG’ and ‘IGM’ has shown positive results among all five patients.”
He added two of the five patients were residents of Varanasi, while two others had arrived here from Noida (Ghaziabad) and New Delhi. The fifth, a male foreigner, came to the city via Agra.
Chief medical officer Dr AP Singh confirmed five patients were suffering from dengue. He said district malaria officer Dr VP Singh was appointed as the nodal officer to ensure an effective check on possible spread of the disease in the district.
The CMO added that all arrangements had been made and patients of dengue would be admitted to infectious disease wards at the Shiv Prasad Gupta Divisional Hospital, the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital and the Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Hospital. He said a control room was set up at the CMO’s office in the Durga Kund area. People could report cases of the disease on phone numbers 2310168 and 2310450, he added.
Dr Singh said the district health administration would start fogging from Thursday to check the spread of the virus.
Dengue is transmitted to humans by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. The infectious disease is manifested by a sudden onset of fever with severe headache, muscle and joint pain.
Meanwhile, authorities of the Institute of Medical Sciences in BHU are on high alert. A separate ward has been readied for admission of dengue patients.
In Agra, five patients of dengue were reportedly admitted to the Sarojini Naidu Medical College here.
However, the chief medical officer (CMO) maintained that there was no case of dengue in Agra. Nevertheless, SN Medical College principal Dr Deokinandan confirmed that five patients were admitted to the hospital.
Besides dengue, patients of malaria and chikanguniya are undergoing treatment all over city. District health officials and the Agra Nagar Nigam are passing the buck and are awaiting a change in weather for these diseases to peter out.
The district magistrate held a meeting to chalk out a strategy and stressed on preventive measures in rural and urban areas.
“We are organising health camps wherever required and medicines are being provided in coordination with the health department of the Nagar Nigam,” said CMO CM Mawar.
“The current problem is related with weather and a change in it will bring relief,” he added.
