Kolkata: The dengue death toll in North 24-Parganas continues to go up with another woman reportedly died at the SSKM Hospital on Sunday.
The victim identified as Sadhana Sarkar (32), a resident of Ichapur of Gaighata in North 24-Parganas had been
suffering from fever since August 9.
The victim's family members took the victim to the Habra State General Hospital after she complained of fever. After primary check up, the patient was admitted to Habra hospital.
Her family members shifted her to the SSKM Hospital on August 27. The patient had been under close monitoring at the hospital as her condition turned critical.
The SSKM Hospital authorities however said that the patient died due to multi-organ failure after her liver stopped working.
A senior official of the SSKM said the hospital where the patient had been admitted previously in the case history mentioned that she had been suffering from dengue.
The cause of her death has however been ascertained by the SSKM Hospital as multi-organ failure.
According to the SSKM Hospital authorities, the patient's liver was badly affected when she was taken to the hospital a few days ago. Despite all the efforts by the doctors, the patient could not be saved.
Her kidney stopped functioning followed by multi organ failure. Renuka Mondal (40), also a resident of Gaighata died of dengue in a city hospital on Saturday. Mondal was also admitted to the Habra State General Hospital.
She was shifted to a private hospital in Duttapukur in the same district after her condition deteriorated.
The situation turned worse in Habra and its adjoining areas after dengue erupted in these pockets of the district. The North 24-Parganas district administration took up massive anti-dengue drive following the incident and the civic bodies have been instructed to undertake rigorous campaigns to combat dengue and other mosquitoes-borne diseases.