Increase number of beds for dengue patients in hospitals: Bihar govt

Patna: The state health department on Thursday held a meeting with the civil surgeons and heads of medical college and hospitals in view of a rapid increase in dengue cases.

On Thursday, the state registered 67 new dengue cases. So far, 2,741 people have tested positive for dengue in the state this year.

Of the 67 fresh dengue cases, Patna alone accounted for 62. Begusarai, Buxar, Purnia and Vaishali accounted for one case each and one patient was from outside Bihar. Patna’s dengue tally has now gone up to 2,101.

State Health Society executive director Sanjay Kumar Singh said the meeting was called by the additional chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit who instructed all the medical college and hospitals to increase the number of beds for dengue patients from 15 to 25.