Dengue seems to be raising its head yet again in
the city with two residents already falling prey to this
mosquito-borne disease in a local hospital. At least 32 confirmed
cases were already being treated in various hospitals.
Civil Surgeon Dr HS Bali confirmed that Mandeep
Singh (26), a resident of Preet Nagar in Shimlapuri, had died of
dengue in the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) last
evening. However, unconfirmed reports said another dengue patient-Shailender
Kumar (22), a resident of Sherpur locality in the city-had also
succumbed to dengue in the same hospital on Monday night.
According to health authorities, in all 32 dengue patients were
admitted to the two major hospitals - the
DMCH and Christian Medical College and Hospital- during the past a few
days. Out of these 15 were from different parts of the city while 17
dengue patients had been brought here for treatment from other
districts, including Bathinda and Muktsar.
Claiming that there was no outbreak of dengue as
such in the city, and the cases reported till now were from different
localities like Mundian Kalan, Chandigarh Road, Focal Point, Sherpur,
Shimlapuri, and even posh residential areas like Sarabha Nagar, Dr
Bali said the health department had been continuing with its awareness
drive not only about malaria and dengue but also other seasonal
diseases like gastroenteritis, cholera and jaundice.
He also maintained that adequate preventive
steps were being taken to break the breeding cycle of mosquitoes.
