Via Times of India :
" BANGALORE: Shilpa, 12, died of suspected dengue on Wednesday at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health. A resident of Mangammanapalya, Shilpa was admitted to a private clinic in Bommanahalli on July 22.
Suspecting it to be a dengue case, doctors in Prashanth Hospital immediately referred her to Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health. Dr Patil N D, general practitioner with Prashanth Hospital, said, "Shilpa was admitted on July 22. On the first day, she suffered fever, headache and body ache. However, on the second day, her platelet count dropped from 1,18,000 to 21,000."
"Though the patient tested negative, suspecting it to be a dengue case, we referred her to Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health. The patient was from a very poor background and the family didn't have enough money to go to a blood bank. We had to convince the parents to take her to Indira Gandhi Institute," Dr Patil said.
Shilpa's father N Keshava said his daughter was suffering from high fever. "First, we took her to a clinic in Mangammanapalya. After a blood test, the doctor said Shilpa was suffering from dengue and asked us to admit her in a nearby hospital."
He added: "When we took her to the hospital, she started bleeding while being scanned. Her blood was black in colour. Doctors said the platelets would be very expensive and referred us to Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, but did not give us the detailed report."
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