The illegal dumping of solid waste at various places is turning out to be a breeding ground for dengue mosquitoes.\"
Bengaluru: Fourteen-year-old Padma from Magadi Taluk in Ramanagara breathed her last at Government run Vanivilas hospital early Wednesday and doctors claim it was due to dengue.
"The teenager was hospitalized on July 1 for dengue and respiratory complications. On Wednesday 1.30 am she succumbed to her illness. Our department officials have collected her case report and it is dengue with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)," said Dr T.K. Sunanda, District Surveillance Officer of Bangalore Urban. Clinically it can be said that it is dengue, but the officials would need a lab report to confirm it, she added.
This is the first such case in the city.
BBMP has reported 1,105 confirmed cases of dengue, based on the numbers collected from private hospitals within its limit from January until now.
Conceding that there has been spike in cases Dr Mohammad Sherif, Research Officer, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) said, "There has been a sharp increase of dengue cases across the city and State. Around 400 cases have been reported in Bengaluru last month. The increase is mainly because of the intermittent rainfall, humidity and temperature. The illegal dumping of solid waste at various places is turning out to be a breeding ground for dengue mosquitoes."
As for preventive measure, Dr Sunanda said, “People should wear clothes that cover the whole body during day time. Install wire meshes in doors and windows in the house. Pregnant women and children should sleep under the mosquito net as they are the risk groups. Insecticide-treated mosquito nets are also recommended."
Another death baffles experts
The death of thirty-year-old woman in the city has baffled health officers. "We have received no clear information regarding the same. A death of a woman at Victoria Hospital has come to light, but since the duty doctors were not available for confirmation we can only confirm on Thursday. Currently, no information of any such dengue death has come to us," said Dr Mohammed Sharif, Research Officer, National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme in Karnataka. He revealed that the department would be in a better position to divulge more details on Thursday after going through the case sheet
