Dengue death toll rises to 14; Total cases swells to 589

New Delhi, Oct 4 (UNI) As the total number of dengue cases swelled to 589 in the capital, 14 people have so far succumbed to the viral disease with two deaths reported from AIIMS and one from Safdarjung hopsital.

An AIIMS spokesperson said 14-year-old Reshma and 35-year-old Bansi died in the institute after suffering haemorrhagic fever.

Sources at Sarfdarjung confirmed that a patient had died in the hospital due to dengue.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two grandsons--Rohan and Madhav-- were today diagnosed with dengue fever at AIIMS, doctors said.

Seventeen-year-old Rohan and eleven-year-old Madhav were admitted to a private ward of AIIMS with high fever and other symptoms of the disease. Doctors said their condition was stable.

They were brought to the hospital from the Prime Minister's Official 7 Race course residence, the doctors said.

While Reshma, hailing from Meerut, died at 0430 hrs today, Bansi, a native of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, succumbed last evening. He had been admitted to AIIMS yesterday morning, the spokesperson said.

Twenty nine new dengue patients were admitted to the institute in the past 24 hours, of which three are from AIIMS campus.

The spokesperson said at present 72 patients, including 19 resident doctors, students and nurses from the institute, are admitted in AIIMS. Two patients have been discharged since yesterday.

Since August, a total of 158 dengue patients were admitted in the Hospital, he added.

A student -- Raj Kiran-- died on September 30 due to viral fever.

Two students-- Kunal Kumar Yadav and Rohan Khoda-- have been admitted to the ICU and their condition is critical.

AIIMS Director P Venugopal X X X EDS pick up from line one para 11 of DI 64 'HEALTH-CAPITAL-SECOND LEAD-DENGUE'.

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