Jhapa: Another person has died from dengue infection in Birtamod, Jhapa. The deceased is identified as 44-year-old Bichandra Lavati, a resident of Ward No. 5 of Birtamod Municipality.
Lavati passed away on Friday evening while undergoing treatment. He had been receiving treatment in the ICU and had been on a ventilator at B&C Hospital in Birtamod for a few days.
Earlier, on the first day of Shrawan, 44-year-old Madina Khatun from Ward No. 5 of Birtamod Municipality had also died from dengue infection. Her family informed that she had tested positive for dengue, and she died at her home.
According to data released two days ago by the District Health Office in Jhapa, there were 238 reported cases of dengue infection in the district. However, Birtamod’s hospitals have treated more than a hundred more cases of dengue.