Manikganj girl dies of dengue
A schoolgirl in the district died of dengue fever in Dhaka on Friday night.
Rubaiya Aktar, 11, daughter of Abdur Rashid of Koyra village in Shibalay upazila, breathed her last at a private clinic in the capital’s Uttara around 8:30pm, said her maternal uncle Yunus Ali.
She was a Class VI student of Rupsha Wahed Ali High School in the upazila.
Yunus said Rubaiya was first taken to the upazila health complex on Thursday morning with fever.
Due to lack of test facilities there, they later took her to a local private clinic, he said, adding that she was then diagnosed with dengue fever at the clinic.
Around 1:10pm on Friday, Rubaiya was taken to Manikganj District Hospital where on-duty doctor referred her to Dhaka for better treatment.
She was taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital but they failed to admit there, said Yunus, adding that she was later rushed to a private clinic in Uttara where doctors declared her dead.
Dr Abdul Awal, superintendent of Manikganj District Hospital, said Rubaiya was taken to the hospital with dengue fever but they referred her to Dhaka for better treatment as her condition worsened.
With the schoolgirl, six people of Manikganj died of dengue fever, said doctors at different hospitals in the district. At least 1,300 dengue patients received treatment at various hospitals in the district. Meanwhile, over hundred dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals in Manikganj yesterday.
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