Dengue in Bengal: Four persons die in North 24 Parganas

KOLKATA: Four from North 24 Parganas died of dengue in city hospitals on Thursday. While Lutfan Bibi, a 35-year-old resident of Rajarhat succumbed to dengue at the Beliaghata ID Hospital on Thursday morning, Rabeya Bibi, 35, of Berachanpa in Deganga died at the Beliaghata ID Hospital. Namita Biswas, 47, another Deganga resident, died on Thursday at the School of Tropical Medicine. Amin Ali Mondol, 53, who had tested positive for dengue at Duttapukur died at the RG Kar Hospital on Wednesday night.
Rabeya had been suffering from fever for over a week, according to her family. Initially, she was admitted to the local Biswanathpur primary hospital. Once she tested positive for dengue, Rabeya was shifted to the Barasat Hospital on Tuesday. But her condition kept deteriorating. Her platelet dropped sharply and Rabeya’s organs were affected.
Late on Tuesday night, she was moved to the RG Kar Hospital. Rabeya passed away on Thursday morning.
With the deaths, the spread of dengue continued unabated in North Parganas. The district has recorded 28 deaths since September.
Namita Biswas had been suffering from fever since last Sunday. On Monday, she was shifted to the School of Tropical Medicine where she tested positive in an NSI 1 test. Her condition kept deteriorating sharply till her organs started failing. She passed away on Thursday.
Fifty-three-year-old Amin Ali Mondol, another Deganga resident, died at RG Kat Hospital