Chitwan reports one more death from dengue

CHITWAN: One more person has died from dengue infection in the district.

The deceased has been identified as a 41-year-old man from Chanauli of Bharatpur metropolitan city-20.

He died in the course of treatment at the Bharatpur Hospital on Tuesday.

He had a fever when he visited the hospital for treatment on Friday and was admitted to the hospital with a ventilator support, according to Dr. Kalyan Sapkota, a senior physician at Bharatpur Hospital.

He said the man had a severe case of dengue and died from multi-organ failure followed by excessive internal bleeding. Earlier on Saturday, a 63-year-old man from Bharatpur-2 succumbed to the dengue fever at Chitwan Medical College.