Over 40 die of suspected dengue, viral fever in UP, Firozabad CMO transferred

Additional Director (Health) of Agra Division A K Singh and Firozabad Government Medical College Principal Sangeeta Aneja said that 41 people, mostly children, died due to viral fever and suspected dengue in the past over 10 days.

Firozabad/Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred the chief medical officer of Firozabad after at least 41 people, mostly children, died of suspected dengue and viral fever. According to a government order, Dr Dinesh Kumar Premi will be the new CMO of Firozabad. Till now, he held the charge of the additional CMO in Hapur. CMO Neeta Kulshresth has been transferred from Firozabad as senior consultant of Aligarh's Malkhan Singh District Hospital, the order said. The order, however, did not mention the reason for the transfer.