Pregnant nurse dies of dengue

Doctors also suspect that the 11-year-old girl,who died at Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital on Tuesday night,was also suffering from dengue fever. The lab reports of Sejal are still awaited.

Municipal health officials said both deaths have not yet been officially confirmed as dengue related. Mohini,posted at ICU-6 of the hospital,was due for delivery within the next 10 days. Doctors said the baby could not be saved.

Mohini was a resident of Timarpur and was initially admitted to Sant Parmanand Hospital. She was shifted to Lok Nayak Hospital on October 25 and was in the ICU.

A senior administrative official in Lok Nayak Hospital said: “We just confirmed the woman’s dengue diagnosis. Her platelets were falling rapidly,and she developed respiratory problems. She went into shock from respiratory distress.”

Doctors said in pregnant women and patients with compromised immune systems from diseases,like diabetes and cardiovascular problems,the dengue symptoms are more severe.

Doctors at BM Hospital said Sejal died in the ICU a day after she was admitted.

“Her platelet count was very low when she was brought to us. After transfusion,we shifted her to the ICU. It seems to be a suspected case of dengue,but her blood reports are still awaited,” a senior doctor at the hospital said.

Gurgaon woman loses eyesight due to dengue

A 25-year-old woman was admitted to AIIMS ophthalmology department last week after she lost her eyesight reportedly from complications due to dengue.

According to doctors,the patient was transfused with platelets about two weeks ago at a private hospital in Gurgaon,where she was admitted for dengue. “Though her platelet count is back to normal,the family said there was heavy bleeding in the eyes immediately after (the transfusion). When she came to us,the optic nerves in both eyes had burst causing loss of vision. We have admitted her for surgery,to see how much of her vision can be restored,” a senior doctor from the RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences in AIIMS said.

Doctors said failure of any organ is possible if platelets plummet beyond a limit. Infection during transfusion of platelets could also be a reason for such a reaction.