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Mystery virus kills girl, sample sent to Pune lab
Express News Service Tags : National Institute of Virology, Hemangni Patel, Kaushal Kania, Dr Dhiren Patel Posted: Tue Jul 26 2011, 03:01 hrs Surat:
Health authorities here have rushed a sample to National Institute of Virology in Pune after a 14-year-old girl died due to the hemorragic fever leading to failure of multiple organs on Saturday.
Doctors who treated the girl claimed such a type of virus had come to their notice for the first time.
Health authorities have also started a survey in the neighbourhood where the girl lived as well as in her school.
The girl, Hemangni Patel, daughter of a power loom operator Kaushik Patel from Bhatar Road in Surat, fell ill on Tuesday last week. Her family consulted their family doctor Kaushal Kania, who runs Astha clinic. The girl was treated for viral fever, but as the fever continued, she was referred to Dr Dhiren Patel of Sanjivani Hospital at Bhatar for further treatment. Dr Patel examined the patient and found that besides high fever, there were signs of multi-organ failure. He advised the patient to undergo several blood and urine tests.
Hemangini was later shifted to Mahavir Hospital for further treatment after it was found that some virus was damaging organs like lever, kidney etc. The doctors at Mahavir Hospital urgently carried out tests of leptospiroses on the patient, which turned out positive. But the patient showed different symptoms. Also, leptospiroses is reported from rural areas in south Gujarat and is not considered an urban occurrence.
Hemangini was later shifted to Sterling Hospital in Ahemdabad. On the way, she suffered cardiac arrest and died in the hospital on Saturday.
Dr Atul Patel of Sterling Hospital said, ?We found the multi-organ failure was caused by a virus. We have sent her blood samples to National Institute of Virology in Pune for further tests and are awaiting its report, which could come in a day or two. We have gone through the girl?s medical history and found that at different stages, she displayed different symptoms as a result of which it is difficult to identify the virus that had affected her.?
Dr Hemant Desai, the in-charge Deputy Commissioner at Surat Municipal Corporation, said, ?We have carried out surveys in her school and areas near her house. Over 200 people were checked but nothing was found. We also checked other patients at Sanjeevani Hospital where she was treated but none of them showed similar symptoms.?
Hemangini?s father Kaushik Patel said, ?We still don?t know what had happened to my daughter. We have not visited some other place in recent times. She attended her school on Monday. On Tuesday, she fell sick. The doctors said she was affected by some virus which caused her death.?
Mystery virus kills girl, sample sent to Pune lab
Express News Service Tags : National Institute of Virology, Hemangni Patel, Kaushal Kania, Dr Dhiren Patel Posted: Tue Jul 26 2011, 03:01 hrs Surat:
Health authorities here have rushed a sample to National Institute of Virology in Pune after a 14-year-old girl died due to the hemorragic fever leading to failure of multiple organs on Saturday.
Doctors who treated the girl claimed such a type of virus had come to their notice for the first time.
Health authorities have also started a survey in the neighbourhood where the girl lived as well as in her school.
The girl, Hemangni Patel, daughter of a power loom operator Kaushik Patel from Bhatar Road in Surat, fell ill on Tuesday last week. Her family consulted their family doctor Kaushal Kania, who runs Astha clinic. The girl was treated for viral fever, but as the fever continued, she was referred to Dr Dhiren Patel of Sanjivani Hospital at Bhatar for further treatment. Dr Patel examined the patient and found that besides high fever, there were signs of multi-organ failure. He advised the patient to undergo several blood and urine tests.
Hemangini was later shifted to Mahavir Hospital for further treatment after it was found that some virus was damaging organs like lever, kidney etc. The doctors at Mahavir Hospital urgently carried out tests of leptospiroses on the patient, which turned out positive. But the patient showed different symptoms. Also, leptospiroses is reported from rural areas in south Gujarat and is not considered an urban occurrence.
Hemangini was later shifted to Sterling Hospital in Ahemdabad. On the way, she suffered cardiac arrest and died in the hospital on Saturday.
Dr Atul Patel of Sterling Hospital said, ?We found the multi-organ failure was caused by a virus. We have sent her blood samples to National Institute of Virology in Pune for further tests and are awaiting its report, which could come in a day or two. We have gone through the girl?s medical history and found that at different stages, she displayed different symptoms as a result of which it is difficult to identify the virus that had affected her.?
Dr Hemant Desai, the in-charge Deputy Commissioner at Surat Municipal Corporation, said, ?We have carried out surveys in her school and areas near her house. Over 200 people were checked but nothing was found. We also checked other patients at Sanjeevani Hospital where she was treated but none of them showed similar symptoms.?
Hemangini?s father Kaushik Patel said, ?We still don?t know what had happened to my daughter. We have not visited some other place in recent times. She attended her school on Monday. On Tuesday, she fell sick. The doctors said she was affected by some virus which caused her death.?
