AIIMS staffer dies after high fever; dengue suspected

An AIIMS staffer who had been suffering from high fever, passed away at the premier institute this morning, in what is suspected to be a case of dengue death.
The deceased, 45-year-old Balwan, who lived in Najafgarh, worked as an office attendant at the Director's office, was admitted in the hospital on September 3 with high fever and vomitting.
According to hospital authorities, the victim was shifted to the ICU on September 5 and passed away this morning.
"He landed up in the hospital with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) secondary to dengue and he died early in the morning today," a senior AIIMS official said.

Authorities at AIIMS, however, could not confirm as to whether the ELISA test has been conducted on the samples of the victim.
As per municipal norms, only dengue cases which have been confirmed by ELISA test, are considered official.

On August 5, a 10-year-old Manipur native girl from south Delhi had died at the AIIMS after a week of high fever, becoming the first suspected death victim of the vector-borne disease, though the municipal corporations did not consider the case, as the ELISA test was not conducted on her.
Recently, son of an AIIMS technician had died after suffering high fever, and members of the workers's union at the premier campus, had allegedly that the cause was dengue.

According to official data, 1,259 cases of dengue have been reported in Delhi this year till September 5 with at least 428 cases in the first week of this month. Two dengue deaths have been officially reported, both victims being from north Delhi.