Woman Falls At Doctor's Feet, Desperation In UP District Hit By Dengue

At least 53 people, including 40 children, have died in Firozabad district in the last 10 days from dengue.

Having waited for well over an hour outside a government hospital in western Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad, the mother of a 12-year-old fell at the feet of a doctor on Sunday evening as her son was granted admission capturing the desperation of patients and their relatives in the district battling a severe form of dengue that has hit children the most. At least 53 people, including 40 children, have died in Firozabad district in the last 10 days from dengue. The state government said most of the deaths were due to "Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever," which is a severe form of the disease. The videos, shot by journalists reporting from the dedicated hospital treating dengue cases in Firozabad on Sunday, showed the family waiting outside with the boy slumping on the ground and his head resting in the lap of a girl. His mother and few others are sitting around him. Later the boy, dressed in shirt and trousers, is scooped up in arms by a man and taken inside the hospital where a doctor is seen examining him. At this point the mother breaks down and falls at the feet of Dr Sangeeta Aneja, the principal of the medical college in the town.