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First dengue death reported in Surat
Express News Service
Posted: May 06, 2009 at 0238 hrs IST
Surat The first dengue-related death has been reported in the city. The victim has been identified as Shreya Shah (8), a resident of Vrindawan Society in Bhestan. She was having fever since the last few days and was undergoing treatment at the Vankawala Hospital at Majura gate here.
According to sources, Shreya was undergoing treatment from private doctors near her house for the last few days. Upon seeing no improvement, her father, Sujit, took her to the hospital on April 29, where doctors declared her dead on Tuesday morning.
The doctors said she was suffering from dengue and that they had made every possible effort to save her.
Sujit, who runs a canteen in the Raghukul Textile market at Ring Road in Surat, called his relatives in the morning and alleged that the hospital authorities had not given proper attention to his daughter, which led to her death.
Sources said that after getting admitted in the hospital, the doctors conducted lab tests and found that she was suffering from typhoid.
But even as the disease was detected, the patient was not responding to the medicines. The consulting doctors again advised some test and later they came to the conclusion that she was suffering from dengue, but by then it was too late.
After the girl?s relatives started accusing the hospital authorities of negligence, the police rushed to the spot to control the situation. Talks between the hospital doctors and parents of Shreya were on till evening. No police complaint has been registered in the matter.
First dengue death reported in Surat
Express News Service
Posted: May 06, 2009 at 0238 hrs IST
Surat The first dengue-related death has been reported in the city. The victim has been identified as Shreya Shah (8), a resident of Vrindawan Society in Bhestan. She was having fever since the last few days and was undergoing treatment at the Vankawala Hospital at Majura gate here.
According to sources, Shreya was undergoing treatment from private doctors near her house for the last few days. Upon seeing no improvement, her father, Sujit, took her to the hospital on April 29, where doctors declared her dead on Tuesday morning.
The doctors said she was suffering from dengue and that they had made every possible effort to save her.
Sujit, who runs a canteen in the Raghukul Textile market at Ring Road in Surat, called his relatives in the morning and alleged that the hospital authorities had not given proper attention to his daughter, which led to her death.
Sources said that after getting admitted in the hospital, the doctors conducted lab tests and found that she was suffering from typhoid.
But even as the disease was detected, the patient was not responding to the medicines. The consulting doctors again advised some test and later they came to the conclusion that she was suffering from dengue, but by then it was too late.
After the girl?s relatives started accusing the hospital authorities of negligence, the police rushed to the spot to control the situation. Talks between the hospital doctors and parents of Shreya were on till evening. No police complaint has been registered in the matter.