Dengue claims another life
A sexagenarian man died of dengue at Noakhali General Hospital here early Sunday.
The deceased was Amir Hossain, 60, a former army man and son of late Ataur Ali of Ganesh Shaymapur village in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur
Hospital sources said Amir, who was working at a private organisation in Dhaka after his retirement from army, was returning home from the capital on Saturday with fever.
As his condition deteriorated on the way, he was taken to the general hospital around 1:00am on Sunday.
He succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease around 6:15am while undergoing treatment at the hospital, said resident medical officer (RMO) of the hospital Syed Mohiuddin Abdul Azim.
With this, two people have so far died of dengue in the district.
On 2 August, railway employee Mosharaf Hossain Raju, 30, died at a hospital here.
Meanwhile, a total of 42 dengue patients are currently taking treatment at the general hospital, said the RMO.