UNB, Kushtia

A six-year-old girl died of dengue fever in Kushtia yesterday.

Tanha, daughter of Mokhles Uddin from Satarpara village in Daulatpur upazila’s Aria union, passed away while she was being transferred from Mirpur Upazila Health Complex to the 250-bed Kushtia General Hospital in morning.

“Tanha was admitted to the hospital on Thursday afternoon. Later, she was referred to Kushtia General Hospital after her condition deteriorated on Friday morning, and she died on the way to the hospital,” said Dr Piyush Kumar Saha of Mirpur Upazila Health Complex.

Kushtia is witnessing an increase in daily dengue cases. Yesterday morning, 30 patients were admitted to the 250-bed Kushtia General Hospital. Another 12 people were admitted in a span of 24 hours, said Dr Taposh Kumar Sarkar, resident medical officer of the hospital.

Every day, on average, 15 dengue patients are admitted to the hospital. The hospital authority is struggling to treat all these patients, he added.