Malaria death in hospital

MALDA, 15 NOV: The Malda district health authorities have expressed concern over malaria which is thriving in English Bazaar town, a district headquarters, after the death of district hospital staff Swapna De (50) due to malignant malaria. The patient was admitted to Malda district hospital and later referred to SSKM Kolkata. She died in Kolkata hospital on 12 November. Doctors in Malda district hospital allegedly could not diagnose the disease properly. Yesterday, doctors examined her family. The two children in her house were under observation. They were suffering from fever, said Dr Srikanta Roy, the chief medical officer of health. The health officials have been asked to start door to door surveillance of the area near the house of Swapna De on Gour Road in Makdumpur in English Bazaar Municipal area. Hospital authorities could not understand how its staff was attacked by mosquito-borne disease. The colleagues of De (she was a nurse) alleged that the present area of the district hospital was not safe. “This place is ideal for mushroom mosquitoes”, they alleged.The CMOH, Dr Srikanta Roy said that there were some slum areas, close to the house of Swapna De, from where she might be attacked by mosquito borne disease.;SNS