India, Odisha : Nurse dies of dengue in Angul

Via The Statesman :

" Angul district reported its first dengue death today with a nurse of MCL central hospital succumbing to the mosquito-borne disease while undergoing treatment at a private clinical establishment in Bhubaneswar.

Forty-five year old, Sema Manjari Sahu, was found dengue positive about 20 days ago and had been shifted to Bhubaneswar immediately.

According to chief of the central hospital Mr S Shukla here, her condition had deteriorated with failure of kidney and other vital organs. The end came this afternoon.

The victim belonged to the Bonai area of Sundergarh district.

Meanwhile, her death spread panic in the industrial town. Angul district counts for the second highest district-wise tally of dengue patients."

India, Odisha : Dengue cases rise to 46 in Angul

Via Times of India :

" The total number of people affected by dengue has touched 46 in Angul district. 

Out of these 21 tested positive at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack and 25 at Angul district headquarters hospital. All patients were admitted both at Angul and SCB, said district malaria officer, Angul. 

"All patients complained of high fever, shivering and acute pain in the limbs. There has been no casualty," he said.

The district malaria officer said all precautionary measures have been taken to counter any further spread of the disease. "We have alerted all health officials to check further spread. We have been sensitizing people through volunteers to control the disease," he said."

India, Odisha : 40 test positive for dengue in capital so far

Via New Indian Express :

" Forty persons of the Capital City have so far been tested positive for dengue.

There has been a surge in the number of cases in the last three days at the Capital Hospital. While there were 35 dengue patients in the Hospital on Saturday morning, 10 of them were discharged and two referred to SCB Medical at Cuttack by the evening.

“Though the number of dengue patients rose in the last three days, lack of adequate number of beds and mosquito nets was a major problem that hospital authorities faced,” said Capital Hospital Director Sudhir Chandra Mallik. More number of people who doubt that they might have contracted the disease is also rising. Two additional staff have been provided for testing patients for dengue in the hospital.

On the other hand, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has intensified its anti-dengue drive across the city. About 120 volunteers have been assigned as a part of the drive to create awareness on the disease.

“We are trying to make the residents understand that dengue mosquitoes breed in clean stagnant water and not in drains,” said BMC Chief Medical Officer Chandrika Prasad Das.

He added that despite showing the larvae that might be breeding inside their residence, like inside an abandoned tyre, the residents refuse to take precautionary measures and clean their surroundings."