Officials from KMC, Beliaghata ID Hospital inspect Basanti Colony after 2 die from scrub typhus
Kolkata: Senior officials from Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Beliaghata ID Hospital on Saturday visited Basanti Colony in Ultadanga after two persons reportedly died of scrub typhus.
It is a disease caused by bacteria and is spread among people through bites of infected rats and other insects. The most common symptoms of scrub typhus include fever, headache, body aches and sometimes rash.
Basanti Colony falls under Ward number 32 of the KMC. A woman and a child died in the area after reportedly being affected by scrub typhus.
A 26-year-old woman, Sabina Bibi, died earlier this month while Subho Moira died on November 18. Both of them had been suffering from fever and other flu-like symptoms for few days before finally succumbing to their ailments. The locals suspected that the victims died of unknown fever. But the senior officials of the KMC now suspect that this could be a case of scrub typhus.
Eight more patients from Basanti Colony area are also affected with similar symptoms. A team of civic officials and Belighata ID Hospital monitored the situation in the area and collected blood samples from nine fever-affected patients on Saturday.
The KMC officials have also undertaken a drive to clean the area.
Dr Dipankar Maji, executive medical officer of borough 3 of the KMC, Sourabh Chatterjee, medical officer of Ward 32, Dr Rehena Sarkar, microbiologist, senior officials of Beliaghata ID Hospital and laboratory technicians, local councillor visited the spot. State Consumers Affairs minister Sadhan Pande also inspected Basanti Colony area to supervise the situation.
