With dengue claiming three more lives, the dengue toll in the national capital has risen to 21. Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain earlier announced that a total of 11 people have died of dengue in the city. Mohd. Shehwaj (11) from Uttar Pradesh, Kiran Kumari (12) from Delhi's Nangloi and Rahisha (37) from Dwarka area died on Thursday at Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.
"They all died due to dengue shock syndrome leading to multi-organ failure on Thursday," an RML official said.
In another case, an 18-year-old Rishabh succumbed to the virus at Max Hospital in Vaishali in Ghaziabad.
According to Rishab's family, the Delhi youth was first taken to the Gupta Multispeciality Hospital in Vivek Vihar then to Max Hospital, Patparganj, and finally to Max Hospital, Vaishali, where he died.
"We first took him to Gupta Multispeciality Hospital in Vivek Vihar on Monday, where his platelet count was found to be 80,000. The doctors there told us to arrange five units of platelets. Around 2.30 a.m on Monday, the doctors said he was critical and must be shifted to a bigger hospital," said Rishabh's elder brother Himangshu.
"We took him to Max Hospital, Patparganj, early Wednesday where there weren't enough beds. We then took him to Max in Vaishali around 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday. He was put on ventilator but he died around 6 p.m. on Thursday," he added.
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"On investigation, his platelet count was found very low 9,000 and one unit of platelet was transfused. Since the critical care beds were not available, the option of shifting the patient to nearby Max Vaishali was given to the attendants. In the meantime patient was managed in the Emergency care of Max Patparganj," it added.
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Source-IANS