New Delhi: Two more deaths were reported in the national capital on Tuesday due to dengue and the death toll now stands at seven. A 43-year-old man died at Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital while a child lost his life to the vector-borne disease after being turned down by five hospitals.
Five-year-old Aman was taken to Safdurjung on September 10 at 10 AM and when the child's health deteriorated his parents took him to Jeevan Anmol Hospital at 4 PM. The child was then admitted at Jeevan Anmol Hospital and on September 12 at 2:30 AM the doctors told Aman's parents that they don't have adequate infrastructure.
The family took the child at 3 AM to Moolchand hospital where he was given drips and was then referred to another hospital due to lack of beds. The family took Aman to Batra hospital and Max hospital but bed wasn't available for the ailing child.
At 4 AM, the child was taken to Safdarjung hospital but family claimed they wasted two hours but card wasn't made. He was then taken to Holy Family hospital around 5 AM and on September 13th at 8:05 PM, the child lost his life .
The Safdarjung hospital sources said that the boy was brought to Safdarjung with high fever on September 14 at 4:45 AM. Within one hour, 5:45 AM, the parents took the boy away against the medical advice of doctors. He was brought to the emergency ward. Safdarjung doctors gave him antibiotics and other drugs to bring down the fever.
A 43-year-old man also died due to dengue at the Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital. The patient was reportedly brought to the hospital in critical condition and died a day later.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said, "We have ordered the emergency beds to be put in hospitals. All doctors and paramedical staff asked to report. We want to help people in whatever way we can as far as dengue is concerned."
As per the August 28 advisory, issued by Delhi government's health department, no hospital, be it private or government, should deny admission to a patient suffering from dengue.
Also, with dengue cases assuming alarming proportions, Delhi government has also ordered all government hospitals to open 'Fever Clinics' at their premises to detect the disease at the primary level.
As per the municipal corporation's fresh data released yesterday, 613 cases of dengue have been reported in the last one week and a total 1,872 patients have tested positive for the vector borne disease till September 12.
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