Dengue kills 4 including a pregnant woman

A week back, in a tragic incident, a pregnant woman named Thallapally Shirisha, 30, a resident of Narayanpur village of Yellareddypet mandal in Rajanna Sircilla district, died after suffering from dengue. During the treatment, she gave birth to a baby girl, however, both of them died due to their poor health condition.A four-year-old Hathwika, a resident of Thorrur town of Mahabubabad district, died due to dengue on Wednesday. A woman named Boda Shirisha, 34, a resident of Gudi Thanda of Beruwada village panchayat of Kesamudram in Mahabubabad district, was admitted to a hospital at Hanamkonda as she was suffering from fever. As the doctors confirmed that she had dengue fever, she was shifted to a private hospital in Hyderabad, where she died undergoing treatment on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the district administration of both the erstwhile districts, along with the officials of medical and health and municipal departments, are taking preventive measures to curb the growth of the mosquito population and mitigate the fevers.