1 more death in AIIMS, Dengue toll rises to 15

New Delhi, Oct 5: With the death of one more dengue patient at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the death toll due to the viral disease in the national capital rose to 15 today.

Twenty-year-old Dharam Singh, a resident of Delhi's Badarpur area, died at about 0730 hrs after suffering from dengue fever. He was admitted to the hospital at about 0430 hrs, doctors said.

The total number of dengue cases in Delhi has swelled to 589.

In AIIMS, 34 new patients have been admitted in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of dengue patinets to 99, including 19 resident doctors, students and nurses from the institute, the doctors said.

The doctors said the number of patients being reported from within the institute were decreasing.

While fourteen-year-old Reshma, hailing from Meerut, succumbed to the viral disease yesterday, 35-year-old Bansi died in the institute after suffering haemorrhagic fever on Tuesday. 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 yesterday diagnosed with dengue fever at AIIMS, doctors said.

Rohan and Madhav were admitted to a private ward of AIIMS with high fever. Doctors said their condition was stable. A student -- Raj Kiran-- died on September 30 due to viral fever.

UNI

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