Another KFD death reported at Manipal hospital
Manipal: Another man diagnosed with Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), died at Manipal’s KMC hospital on Friday March 1.
The victim has been identified as Parshwanatha (68) a resident of Sagar Taluk in Shimoga district.
Going by the official figure, 9 KFD cases were detected in Shimoga district. Of which three of them died while being treated at hospitals in Manipal.
KFD is caused by a virus belonging to the family Flaviviridae, which also includes yellow fever and dengue fever.
The symptoms of the disease include a high fever with frontal headaches, followed by haemorrhagic symptoms, such as bleeding from the nasal cavity, throat, and gums etc.
The KFD broke out in Shimoga and other adjoining districts late in 2018, and several cases have been detected ever since. However, Medical administrations in Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts have assure that no cases were reported positive, even after several suspected deaths of monkeys were reported in both the districts.
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First-year BTech student from Bihar found dead in Greater Noida hostel
Noida (PTI): A 24-year-old BTech student from Bihar was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday, with police treating it as a suspected case of suicide.
The deceased, Akashdeep, a native of the Gaya district in Bihar, was pursuing a BTech course at Delhi Technical College (DTC) and staying at SNH Residency hostel near the institute in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park area, police said.
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Knowledge Park police station in-charge Sarvesh Chandra said the student was sharing the hostel accommodation with a friend. "On Tuesday evening, when Akashdeep did not come out of his room for a long time, the hostel staff and his friends alerted the police," he said.
The body was found hanging from the ceiling fan, and a purported suicide note mentioning academic pressure and stress was recovered from the spot, Chandra said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, and further investigation is underway, the police added.
