JABALPUR: A suspected dengue death was reported in Jabalpur city on Saturday. After the death on the person, officials of the health department have instructed for field surveys in the entire district.
The deceased, a 50-year old woman resident of Vijay Nagar locality was running high fever for past two days and subsequently she was admitted at a private hospital where she died during treatment on Saturday.
However, when contacted officials of the health department said that it cannot be said to be a confirmed dengue death.
I have no knowledge of the dengue death at a private hospital. The immediate viral tests that are done also report false dengue positive, I have instructed the district malaria officer to ensure definitive tests of the samples from private hospitals too”, chief medical and health officer, Jabalpur, Dr Ratnesh Kuraria said. He added, “There are dengue cases in the dense areas of the city. Two days ago, four positive cases were reported. We have deployed around 19 teams who along with the teams from the municipal corporation are doing mosquito repellant sprays in the dense localities of the city”, he added.
