UP CM suspends CMO as 40 die of dengue in woe-hit Firozabad

All casualties happened in 1 week, dead are mostly kids

Lucknow (UP), Sept. 1: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday transferred the chief medical officer in Firozabad, where about 40 people, mostly children, died of suspected dengue.

“There have been nearly 40 deaths in Firozabad in the last one week. Primary cause appears to be dengue, though other causes are being ascertained as well,”. Agra Divisional Commissioner Amit Gupta said.

“We have ramped up measures to provide platelets to the concerned hospitals, and they are being brought from Agra as well. Inspections are being carried out by official teams.”

Mr Gupta said that a viral fever has been reported as a symptom in most of these cases.

Now, Dr Dinesh Kumar Premi will be the new CMO. He till now held the charge of the additional CMO in Hapur.

CMO Neeta Kulshresth has been transferred from Firozabad as senior consultant of Aligarh’s Malkhan Singh District Hospital, an order issued here said. The order, however, did not mention the reason for the transfer.

Earlier on Tuesday, Firozabad BJP MLA Manish Asija had claimed that 44 people died of suspected dengue in the district since August 22-23.

Chief minister Yogi

Adityanath too had on Monday visited some dengue patients.

“Till now, 32 children and seven adults have died,” the chief minister had said after the visit, adding that the death of children will be probed to ascertain its reason by a team from King George’s Medical University in Lucknow.

All schools for Classes 1 to 8 were closed by the district administration till September 6 due to the suspected dengue outbreak.

CHIEF MINISTER Yogi Adityanath too had on Monday visited some dengue patients

ALL SCHOOLS for Classes 1 to 8 were closed by the district administration till September 6 due to the fear among people