10 kids ‘die of fever’ in Haryana's Palwal

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Chilli (Palwal), September 15

Fardina, mother of four children, is in shock. She is unable to understand the reason for the sudden death of her seven-year-old son Farhan, who succumbed to fever in just four days.

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The doctors claim that Farhan is among those who may have died of various factors including viral fever.

“The death of 10 children below the age of 12 years is shocking as Chilli is the only village in Hathin subdivision where so many deaths have taken place in such a short period,” said Zahid Ali, a resident.

The victims who have died of fever since August 31 have been identified as Shaqib, Farhan, Aksa, Afnan, Shahnjum, Sajid, Taranjum, Alfez, Uksa and Jansta by the locals. The last death was of Uksa (8) who died at a hospital after three days of fever on September 13.

Blaming pathetic civic conditions and unavailability of clean drinking water, Ayub Khan, a panchayat member, alleged dengue and malaria could be the main reasons as 20 to 30 cases of fever are surfacing daily.

However, according to Dr Brahmdeep Singh, Civil Surgeon, Palwal, a total of seven children have died in the past 15 days. He said the main causes behind the deaths were diarrhoea, anaemia and viral fever. He said an eight-bedded temporary hospital has been set up and a team of doctors has been posted there. No case of dengue or malaria has been detected so far in the village, he claimed.

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