30 dengue cases detected, 1 dead

PATNA: At least 30 cases of dengue have been detected in the state till now. Ten of these cases have been detected from the city's Transport Nagar area alone while a few cases from UP and Jharkhand too have come to the city.
Since Transport Nagar and adjoining areas see stagnant water and filth, cases in cluster have been reported from there. In fact, one death due to dengue too has been reported from this area.As per Patna district epidemiologist Prashant Kumar, besides 10 to 12 cases from Patna, dengue cases have been reported from Saharsa, Nalanda, Balia, Muzaffarpur, Jehanabad, Aurangabad, Samastipur, Saran, Nawada, Bhojpur and Begusarai districts. Three of the 30 cases are from Jharkhand and one from Uttar Pradesh.
At Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) too, six dengue cases have come. "Three of these cases have already been diagnosed while the remaining three, which arrived on Tuesday, were fever cases and showed symptoms of dengue," said PMCH deputy superintendent Dr Sudhanshu. He also said the special dengue ward has altogether 30 beds, of which 10 have been kept reserved for emergency cases.
Also, the state health department along with Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) is making arrangements to combat the spread of dengue in the affected area on a war footing with frequent fogging and spraying of bleaching powder. "We are taking preventive measures as our medical team continuously makes rounds of Transport Nagar and adjoining areas and collects samples," said Kumar.