The victim Punya Tana of remote Pakke Kessang in East Kameng district died at the Arunachal State Hospital on September 8 following complications from dengue fever, a health department communique said here today.
Dengue has also spread in different parts of the state as many such cases have been reported from places like Pakke Kessang, Balijan, Sagalee and even Capital Complex.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Atum Welly held an emergency meeting on the issue in his office chamber with Commissioner and Secretary Health and Family Welfare Tape Bagra, Director of Health Services Dr K Nishing, State Epidemiologist Dr L Jampa and other officers of the department yesterday.
He directed the department to tackle the situation on war-footing by putting in place all preventive, control and curative measures in the affected areas.
He also instructed the department to put up a contingency plan and make a relevant proposal to the government in combating the situation at the earliest and to post a medical officer at CHC Pakke Kessang with immediate effect.
