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Sunday, September 19, 2010

India : Dengue kills MGM doctor

Via The Telegraph :

" Jamshedpur, Sept. 18 : A senior resident doctor of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, who was being treated for dengue at Tata Main Hospital, died yesterday afternoon, making him the state’s first victim of the disease.

B.M. Nayak, a 42-year-old paediatrician, had been admitted to the critical care unit of the hospital on Tuesday for viral haemorrhagic fever, after preliminary tests confirmed he was suffering from dengue.

Nayak was cremated today at his hometown of Jhargaon, Sonua in neighbouring West Singhbhum. He is survived by his doctor wife Meena, two daughters and a son.

While four confirmed cases have been reported from East Singhbhum, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi admitted as many as nine patients over the last 10 days. RIMS director A.K. Mahto said eight of the patients are now convalescing, while one has already been released.

Doctors, nurses and other staff at MGM were numbed into silence when Nayak’s body was brought to the hospital today. His colleagues paid rich tributes, describing him as kind-hearted and soft-spoken. “We’ve lost a humble colleague,” said Dr K.K. Choudhury."

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