Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 20: Principal, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Jammu, Dr Shashi Sudhan Sharma today said that till date five persons have succumbed to dengue fever in the hospital.
Addressing a press conference in the conference hall of the hospital, Dr Shashi said mosquito-borne seasonal viral disease dengue has rapidly spread to all regions and the number of dengue patients in the hospitals is increasing day by day. The increase in dengue patients is alarming, she added.
She further said that in the children population around 80-90 dengue patients and in the adult population around 50-60 dengue patients are admitted on a daily basis and till now five deaths are reported due to dengue fever. The reason for the deaths was that the patients were admitted late in the hospital, she alleged.
The Principal said that GMC Jammu is fully prepared to cope up with the situation. “Increasing dengue cases are being controlled and all measures are being taken to avoid the spread,” she said and appealed the general public to follow all the precautions to save themselves from this fever.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Rajiv Gupta, HoD P&SM, said that dengue is caused by a virus that is mostly transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes of the species Aedes Aegypti. He further said that dengue can have no symptoms or cause only mild illness, but it can also cause flu-like symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, nausea, vomiting, swollen glands, rash, muscle, joint, or bone pains.
Dr Sanjeev Digra, Professor Paediatrics said that children and adults are equally prone to dengue fever but in the case of children, more care is needed because they are more exposed to outside surroundings
Dr Fayaz Wani, HoD Medicine said that the fever clinic in GMC is going on daily basis and there is nothing to worry as all the arrangements are in place.
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