Agra: At least 12,000 people in Firozabad are now lying in bed with viral fever that has districts in their grasp, resources in the Ministry of Health have revealed.
With four deaths again in the last 24 hours, the victim on Sunday increased to 114, including 88 children.
A national team of Disease Control (NCDC) has identified a dengue fever outbreak in the district last week.
Death continues even though there is a widespread fogging and door-to-door survey to drain stagnant water and to capture the spread of the disease transmitted through vectors.
On Sundays, government hospitals continue to fight to regulate bed while the price of care in private hospitals has sky-skyrocketing.
Friend, a resident of Nagar Bhim and bet every day, lost his five-year-old son after a lack of care for high fever on Sunday.
The father told Ti that a private hospital in the city had demanded Rs 30,000 in advance to start treatment.
“I asked him to start treatment and gave me the time to arrange money, but they refused.
Then, I took my child to the Firozabad medical College where the staff refused to recognize my child because the bed was not available.
I arranged a private taxi to take us to Agra, but my son died on the road, “Veer Pal said.
There are no official complaints made in this problem.