Latest News | 10-year-old Girl Dies of Dengue in Kolkata

Kolkata, Jul 24 (PTI) A 10-year-old girl, who tested positive for dengue, has died at a hospital in Kolkata, a doctor of the health facility said on Monday.

The girl, identified as Pallabi De, a resident of the city's Picnic Garden area, breathed her last at the Institute of Child Health on Saturday, two days after she was admitted there with severe dengue, he said.

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"The girl's platelet count went down below 9,000 and following that she had a multiorgan failure leading to her death," the doctor told PTI.

In view of reports of the vector-borne disease, the state health department has issued a new guideline to avoid platelet deficiency in treatment.

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It has been decided that one patient could only be transfused platelets only if the count falls below 10,000.

And if the count is between 10,000-20,000, platelets will be given in case of bleeding, it added.

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