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Dengue Outbreak

Suspected number of deaths 203: IEDCR

Staff Correspondent
The suspected number of deaths caused by dengue - sent to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control And Research (IEDCR) for review — went up to 203 yesterday.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a committee of DGHS reviewed 116 deaths and concluded that 68 were from dengue till yesterday.
Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, who is leading the DGHS death review committee, recently said the committee members assess medical documents and treatment records of a deceased.
Several months later, they conduct "verbal autopsy". It is a method of interviewing one or more people who know about the symptoms and circumstances of the deceased, members of the committee said.
They also collect blood samples of the dead patients and examine them at labs of IEDCR, said Flora, also director of the institute.
"For verbal autopsy, we wait for one to three months, because on many occasions, the near and dear ones remain in shock," Flora said.
"We need some time to review. This might have caused the difference in the numbers," she added.
According to DGHS data, 653 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country till 8am yesterday, of which 460 are in Dhaka. With the addition, a total of 81,839 have been admitted to hospitals all over the country this year.
Some 2,507 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at the moment, of which 983 are in Dhaka.
DNCC FINES BUILDING OWNERS, BUSINESSES Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday found Aedes mosquito larvae at 26 houses and structures, and fined some owners Tk 2.50 lakh.
Mobile courts of DNCC - during drives to destroy Aedes breeding sources and larvae - also found breeding sources at 5,221 houses and structures.
The courts also destroyed the breeding sources and larvae.
Councilors of all
36 wards of DNCC are supervising the drive.
A mobile court led by executive magistrate Julkar Nayon fined the owner of an under-construction building in Uttara sector-3 Tk 30,000 after finding Aedes mosquito larvae.
The court also fined the authorities of a business organisation Tk 10,000, as it found Aedes larvae on the roof of its building.
Another mobile court led by executive magistrate Sazid Anowar fined three under construction buildings of three developers and an individual in Banani Tk 50,000 each.