Doctors' Team Sent To Probe Rising Dengue, Viral Fever Cases In UP's Firozabad
NDTV
Though no deaths have been reported in the last few days, the flow of patients into the government medical college and the community health centres in Firozabad has continued unabated.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday sent a team of 15 doctors to Firozabad district to investigate the reasons behind the rise in cases of dengue and viral fever, which have claimed 60 lives since mid-August.
Though no deaths have been reported in the last few days, the flow of patients into the government medical college and the community health centres in Firozabad has continued unabated.
The team, comprising 10 doctors and five specialists, took charge on Thursday, on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Additional Director (Medical and Health), Agra Division, Dr AK Singh, said.
Led by Dr GS Vajpayee, a specialist in communicable diseases, the team will investigate the causes behind patients not getting proper treatment before they reach the government medical college and other primary health centres in the district, he said.
