Jaipur: The health department in Rajasthan has increased its vigil, especially after the death of four children attributed to suspected Chandipura virus in the Dungarpur district. Two other suspicious cases were confirmed by the authorities on Friday, which escalated the fight against the scourge.
Earlier in the recent weeks, four children in the Dungarpur district were suspected to have been killed by the Chandipura virus. As a result of the cited deaths, health authorities have reacèd to the threat in an elaborate manner as they work to conduct research about the threat. The recent two individuals are a 4-year-old girl from Ramsor Bagdi village and a boy who is 3 years old from Baldiya. The child admitted to the government hospital in Dungarpur on July 10 was found vomiting with signs of diarrhoea and was identified with Chandipura virus when they were admitted.
Chief Medical Health Officer of Dungarpur, Dr Alankar Gupta, disclosed that a medical team of well-experienced DO nurses and five nurses have been deployed to Ramsor and Baldiya villages. Their main task was to move from house to house in the villages to look for any child that presented with signs of ill health such as fever, vomiting or diarrhoea. Children with such manifestations will need further assessment and treatment and will be immediately admitted to the hospital.
Dr. Gupta mentioned all the children that he treated were aged between two and fourteen years. The other specimen presumed to have been murdered was from Kalyanpur village in Udaipur district. As for the cause of death, its origin could not be determined, though the above-mentioned symptoms pointed to infection with the Chandipura virus. The samples have not been able to be collected in prior cases, and thus, giving concrete conclusions has been hard.
Facilities, according to Dr Nilesh Gothi, the head of the paediatrics ward of Dungarpur Hospital, officials reported that two children admitted to the ward in recent days have tested positive, though the samples have been taken for confirmation at the NIV at Pune through a Udaipur centre. He disclosed that the children are stable and are being observed to see if they are positive- for the Chandipura virus.
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