Unfortunate: PG Orthopedic Student at SSKM Hospital succumbs to dengue

Kolkata: In an unfortunate incident, a post-graduate medical student passed away on Friday in the SSKM Hospital, where he was a student, after suffering from the mosquito-borne disease - dengue.

He was put on artificial ventilator support for the past two days after his blood plate dropped in rapidity and died around 6. 30 a.m. on Friday.

The PG student of the Orthopaedic department had been admitted after catching a fever for the past few days but his health deteriorated over the last 48 hours and was put on artificial ventilation support.

He suffered three cardiac arrests early today before his end came, which cast a shadow among the medical fraternity in the SSKM Hospital.

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Medical Dialogues team had reported last month about the death of a 28-year-old doctor who was diagnosed with dengue at a hospital in Kolkata. He breathed his last in the early hours due to dengue haemorrhage shock syndrome.

Dengue (break-bone fever) is a viral infection that spreads from mosquitoes to people. Due to the sudden weather change, Dengue outbreaks are suspected to be spiking in the country. Since January 1, a total of 4,965 dengue cases have been registered in Delhi. In the last week alone, at least 525 cases of dengue were recorded, according to officials. Subsequently, health authorities in the capital have warned that dengue cases are expected to reach 5,000 this year.

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