10-09-2006, 03:20 AM
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Staff Reporter | New Delhi
Even as two more deaths due to dengue were reported on Sunday in the Capital taking the toll up to 23, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Singh, for the first time after the outbreak of the deadly disease, took stock of the prevailing situation and simultaneously visited his kin who were admitted at AIIMS after being infected by Aedes Aeygpti last Wednesday. Â
According to AIIMS authorities, the PM visited the general ward, D-2 and AB-3 wards and also spoke to some patients inquiring about their condition. He also went to the private ward where his grandsons Rohan (11) and Madhav (17) and son-in-law Vijay Tankha are recuperating from symptoms of dengue.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has also been regularly visiting the hospitals to monitor the situation. On Sunday, during her visit to Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital, she appealed to citizens not to panic and stated that enough facilities beside blood and platelets would be provided to the dengue patients free of cost at about 30 Government hospitals.
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Staff Reporter | New Delhi
Even as two more deaths due to dengue were reported on Sunday in the Capital taking the toll up to 23, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Singh, for the first time after the outbreak of the deadly disease, took stock of the prevailing situation and simultaneously visited his kin who were admitted at AIIMS after being infected by Aedes Aeygpti last Wednesday. Â
According to AIIMS authorities, the PM visited the general ward, D-2 and AB-3 wards and also spoke to some patients inquiring about their condition. He also went to the private ward where his grandsons Rohan (11) and Madhav (17) and son-in-law Vijay Tankha are recuperating from symptoms of dengue.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has also been regularly visiting the hospitals to monitor the situation. On Sunday, during her visit to Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital, she appealed to citizens not to panic and stated that enough facilities beside blood and platelets would be provided to the dengue patients free of cost at about 30 Government hospitals.
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