Ganga Ram Hospital witnesses three more chikungunya deaths

Ganga Ram Hospital witnesses three more chikungunya deaths
Three new deaths due to chikungunya were reported in the Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital.

Three new deaths due to chikungunya were reported in the Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital. All three were men over 60 years age, authorities said.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which receives patients from various hospitals, has alone confirmed over 900 positive chikungunya cases till last week.  According to sources at the hospital, the hospital has witnessed a total of six deaths — five due to dengue and one from chikungunya since September 1. A 30 year-old man, who tested positive for chikungunya, died at AIIMS on September 9. ‘The victim succumbed due to complications from chikungunya on September 9. He was a resident of east Delhi,’ an AIIMS official told IANS. There was no official confirmation of the deaths. (Read: Chikungunya takes another life, a 65 years old dies at Ganga Ram Hospital)

Source: IANS

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