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Two more die of malaria near Jari
The death trail of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases continues in the trans-Yamuna region. Two more women have died reportedly due to malaria in Asarvai village near Jari, on Sunday morning.
The death trail of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases continues in the trans-Yamuna region. Two more women have died reportedly due to malaria in Asarvai village near Jari, on Sunday morning.
According to the local residents, 25-year-old Madhuri, wife of Dwarika Prasad died in a private nursing home near Jari primary health centre on Sunday morning.
Resident of Ghuar Ka Pura in Asarvai village, Madhuri was suffering from high fever, headache and other malaria like symptoms. She was also eight months pregnant.
Another resident of Ghuar Ka Pura, 55-year-old Sundari Devi also died on Sunday morning, after suffering from high fever, which followed with shivering and severe headache. Wife of Kashi Prasad, she was suffering from these symptoms for the past one week, informed members of a local voluntary organisation Sanchetna.
The members informed that several other residents of Ghuar Ka Pura were also suffering from malaria, viral fever, and diarrhoea.
However, angry over the denials made by the district malaria department over malaria deaths, over 1000 residents of Jari, Asarvai, Lotadh and other malaria-affected villages have decided to stage a massive dharna at the CMO office, on September 14. A large number of malaria patients would also participate in the dharna, informed Sanchetna secretary Govind Saran.
"We will gherao the CMO and demand permanent malaria testing and treatment facilities in Jari and other malaria-affected villages. About 50 malaria patients will also participate in the dharna to prove that all the claims made by the district malaria department regarding malaria cases were wrong," he added.
Govind Saran said six malaria patients were identified by the malaria department's team in Lotadh village. But due to poor follow-up and lack of testing and treatment facilities, the malaria was spreading in different villages, he added.
