Scrub Typhus deaths, toll mounts to 14
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Shimla: A 45-year-old woman died of Scrub Typhus at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital here, taking this year toll to 14, an official said.
Purni Devi from Rampur in Shimla district was admitted to IGMC on September 14. She died during treatment for Scrub Typhus, Senior Medical Superintendent Dr Romesh said.
The number of death at the IGMC has risen to 13 while one patient died at the Tanda Medical College in Kangra district, he said.
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