The Indian Express                 26.09.2013

7 of 10 didn’t die of dengue: Civic body

A day after two health officials of the North corporation were suspended after the mayor was given a list of 10 suspected dengue cases, a medical board found that seven of the 10 deaths were not due to dengue. The board had been appointed to verify the treatment and diagnostic reports of the patients. The remaining cases are being evaluated.

"A list of 10 persons who died recently was sent to the North Delhi Mayor Azad Singh by the residents of Shahbad Daulatpur. The North corporation's Health department made efforts to find facts. Of the 10, it has been found that seven persons did not die of dengue. The remaining three cases are being examined," the corporation said.

Mayank Sharma, Additional Commissioner (Health), said one of those who died had been a tuberculosis patient and the other had pancreatic disease. Two others admitted at Safdarjung hospital had tested negative for dengue virus."

As a preventive measure, the North corporation has now deployed 3 TIFFA fogging machines (vehicle-mounted), nine fogging machines, 43 domestic breeding checkers, five anti-larvae teams and three mini power sprays. Four three-wheelers will spread awareness about dengue and its preventive measures, while two mobile dispensaries with eight members of medical staff will take measures to check the mosquito breeding in the Shahbad Daulatpur area and provide them treatment.