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Typhoid confusion delays Covid treatment, Bokaro deaths double in one month
In Bokaro district, where the number of active cases is the fourth-highest in Jharkhand, there is an increasing confusion among residents between typhoid and Covid, which is often delaying timely treatment.
Written by Abhishek Angad | Bokaro |
Updated: May 10, 2021 7:06:46 am
Dharmananth Ravidas (55) is among 36 Covid patients at the Sadar Hospital in Bokaro, but it was only a week ago that the resident of Gomia block was initially diagnosed with typhoid and tested positive for the same following complaints of fever and chills. But his oxygen saturation dipped within two days.
In the next room in the hospital, Ravidas?s son Manish has doubts. ?I don?t understand why the doctor asked for a typhoid test initially when actually he had Covid. Luckily we got him oxygen support on time.?
Not everyone is as lucky. Forty kilometres away, in Peterwar block, Ram Swarup Aggarwal (57) was diagnosed with typhoid last month, but he was soon hospitalised in neighbouring Ramgarh as his condition deteriorated. He died on April 28 with the hospital mentioning the cause of death as Covid...
Typhoid confusion delays Covid treatment, Bokaro deaths double in one month
In Bokaro district, where the number of active cases is the fourth-highest in Jharkhand, there is an increasing confusion among residents between typhoid and Covid, which is often delaying timely treatment.
Written by Abhishek Angad | Bokaro |
Updated: May 10, 2021 7:06:46 am
Dharmananth Ravidas (55) is among 36 Covid patients at the Sadar Hospital in Bokaro, but it was only a week ago that the resident of Gomia block was initially diagnosed with typhoid and tested positive for the same following complaints of fever and chills. But his oxygen saturation dipped within two days.
In the next room in the hospital, Ravidas?s son Manish has doubts. ?I don?t understand why the doctor asked for a typhoid test initially when actually he had Covid. Luckily we got him oxygen support on time.?
Not everyone is as lucky. Forty kilometres away, in Peterwar block, Ram Swarup Aggarwal (57) was diagnosed with typhoid last month, but he was soon hospitalised in neighbouring Ramgarh as his condition deteriorated. He died on April 28 with the hospital mentioning the cause of death as Covid...