--Dengue death toll rises to 6 in State, Ganjam worst affected
BHUBANESWAR/ROURKELA: The dengue
death toll in the State rose to six on Tuesday following the death of a senior
tax official of Odisha Government and the total number of affected people
crossed the 600 bar. The dengue victim, who died in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar,
was identified as Sudhansu Shekhar Nanda working as Deputy Commissioner,
Commercial Tax in Circle-I, Rourkela.
According to sources, Nanda fell
ill last week. After being suspected of dengue by a local doctor, he was admitted
to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar
and due to failure of multiple organs he died. His family sources said Nanda’s
death due to dengue. It is to be mentioned here that though Nanda is a senior
officer of the State Government and both his office and residence is in very
proximity to Rourkela Municipality,
the Municipality health officer has no information in this regard.
On the other hand, Health and Family
Welfare Minister Dr Damodar Rout said Nanda not died in dengue. “He was
suffering from chronic diabetes and died in hypertension in a private hospital,”
said Rout.
It may be noted that the number
of dengue positive cases is on the rise in the State. On Tuesday, the dengue
positive cases touched 600. Out of the total positive cases, Ganjam has the
highest number of 270 patients. Among other dengue-prone districts, Baleswar
has reported 178 positive cases, Angul 53, Bhadrak 17, Jajpur 13 and Khurda 10,
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme sources said.
Ironically, dengue positive cases
in the city are also on the rise. It is to be mentioned here that besides
others two noted doctors, one political leader of the city are found suffering
from dengue. Earlier in last here the Rourkela Municipality Executive Officer
himself was affected in the same vector-borne disease dengue. From this it is
well ascertain how the Rourkela Municipality
is exercising to keep its area clean, the locals rued.
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