Agra: Five children, under 10 years, died for high fever in Agra Regency for the last 24 hours.
In the range of one month, 75 people suffering from fever with symptoms such as dengue fever have died in the district, according to the sources of the Ministry of Health.
Of this number, 60 are children.
The health department’s sources confirmed 270 cases of dengue fever in Agra Regency until Sunday afternoon.
Health officials estimate that more than 5,000 people suffering from fever are at home in rural areas when the medical centers managed by the government run out of beds.
The majority of them are at the mercy of shamans for care.
Santosh Singh from the village of Sarai Jairam said, “My 10-month-old child suffered a fever for the past four days.
We got drugs for him from a private clinic because there were no doctors in the center of the government.
On Thursday night, his condition deteriorated.
He died on his way to SN Medical College (SNMC).
“Virendra Singh from Modipura Village below the Block said,” The majority of people who suffer from high fever depend on the dukun because the government centers are full and do not recognize more patients.
” Arun Kumar Srivastava, Head of the Agra District Medical Officer, “The health department team is conducting a survey of door to door in rural areas to identify patients suffering from fever and ensure the treatment needed.
Medical camps are also held in the affected area.
Hygiene The work and anti-larval spraying are carried out in villages to prevent the spread of transmitted diseases through vectors.
Strict action will be taken against a shaman.
All death cases are being investigated “.
CMO also confirmed Spurt in a diarrhea case in government centers and said children were affected.
Meanwhile, four more patients surrendered to high fever during the last 24 hours in the Firozabad district, three on Etu, two in KasGanj and one in Mainpuri.
The Division of Agra accounted for more than 5,500 cases of dengue fever since August with the Firozabad district that registered a maximum at 4,700 cases, Mathura 610 cases, Agra 270 and the Main Puri 120 case in Mainpuri.
Some cases of malaria, typhus scrubs, bacterial diseases that spread by larval mites, leptospirosis, bacterial diseases spread through urine infected animals, have also been reported.
Diarrhea also emerged as a new threat to children in the Western District.