Dengue fever claims two lives in VascoTNN | Jun 17, 2015, VASCO: A five-year-old girl and her 47-year-old female neighbour have succumbed to dengue, the first such deaths reported in the state so far this year.
While both died on Sunday morning while undergoing treatment for their critical conditions at the Goa medical college and hospital, Bambolim, that they died of dengue became known only on Tuesday, after 20-odd health officials landed at the Santoshi Mata temple area of New Vaddem, Vasco, to investigate. The officials went door-to-door collecting blood samples and also scanned the area for mosquito-breeding sites. Several such sites were found and cleared, according to health officials. Water-filled tyres were also found at the KTC bus stand nearby and officials have been warned not to keep tyres in the open. On Monday evening, Naresh Amonkar, 10, from the same neighborhood as the deceased, was diagnosed with dengue and is presently undergoing treatment at the Cottage hospital, Chicalim. Sources told TOI that about 20 days ago, Dhanisha Satardekar, 5, was diagnosed with fever and underwent treatment under two private paediatrics. When her condition turned critical on Saturday she was moved to the Cottage hospital from where she was shifted to GMC. She died on Sunday. Her 47-year-old neighbour, Elisa Fernandes, took similarly ill on May 31 and underwent private treatment. She too passed away at GMC on Sunday. Vasco health officer Dr Vikas Kuvelkar said, "On Tuesday we inspected the New Vaddem area and found mosquitoes breeding in water stagnated at many places. We have cleaned and sprayed repellent to check the breeding."
