Gurgaon, October 2
The Health authorities today asked the public not to panic in the wake of dengue outbreak even as 11 confirmed cases of the disease have been reported till date in the district.
There was no need to panic as only 11 confirmed dengue cases had been reported in the district, said the Gurgaon Civil Surgeon, Dr D.V. Saharan.
Fortythree suspected cases of dengue were reported from Gurgaon, of which eight were found negative. Test results of the remaining cases were awaited from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), Delhi, he added.
All confirmed dengue patients had been treated and discharged from different government and private hospitals, Dr Saharan said.
Kurukshetra: A case of dengue fever has been confirmed from Shahabad town in the district.
The patient, Mr Sunil Rana, an employee of Shahabad Cooperative Sugar Mill, tested positive at AIIMS, New Delhi, where he is undergoing treatment.
According to family members, Mr Rana was taken to a local medical institute from where he was referred to AIIMS.
The Civil Surgeon Dr D.S. Saini said no other case of dengue fever was reported from the district.
According to a report, three dengue cases were reported from Panchkula yesterday.
Amritsar: Three dengue cases have come to light at the Katra Ahluwalia, Chowk Purani Market and Lakkar Mandi areas around Harmandir Sahib in the city.
The patients, Mr Kalyan Das Bhatia of Katra Ahluwalia, Mr Vinay Sharma of Lakkar Mandi and Mr Raju of Purani Market had the symptoms of dengue and were admitted to private hospitals, where their condition is stated to be improving. Earlier, Rajkumar of Khooh Bombaywala had symptoms dengue and was saved with timely treatment by doctors.
Jammu: An alert has been sounded in Jammu and Kashmir where the government is gearing up the health service machinery after the first suspected case of the disease was reported in the state.
“Mr Om Prakash of the Bishnah area in Jammu district has been admitted to hospital here with suspected dengue and his condition is being monitored round the clock,” state health service sources said.
