New Delhi, September 30
An AIIMS student died of dengue today taking the death toll to 11 in the national capital which is already hit by nearly 350 dengue-afflicted cases this year.
Kamal Raj Kiran, a fourth-year student, died in the day due to the deadly disease which has spread its tentacles across the AIIMS campus hitting as many as 11 medicos and five other staff members.
Earlier this week, the 17-year-old daughter of a medico couple died due to the disease in AIIMS.
In view of the spurt in dengue cases, the AIIMS authorities have begun a drive to check all coolers on the hospital premises.
Coolers are the main culprit in the spread of the disease, with the Aedes mosquito that is the dengue vector breeding in the water left over from the summer season.
Of the nearly 350 dengue cases this year, the majority of them were reported during the months of July and September, a senior MCD official said.
On an average 22 to 25 cases of dengue are reported everyday, the official said.
— PTI
