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Brain-eating amoeba kills another Gulistan-i-Jauhar resident
[DAWN] The city's health authorities on Thursday confirmed another death from brain-eating amoeba, or Naegleria fowleri, but the fact that the second victim too belonged to the same locality worried them the most, raising questions whether the water supply utility was adequately chlorinating the water being supplied to the area.Health officials identified the latest victim of naegleria as 22-year-old Abdul Basit who lived in Sunny Heights in Gulistan-e-Jauhar near Rashid Minhas Road. The patient was admitted to a private hospital on Monday in a 'highly critical' condition and was put on a ventilator before being moved into the intensive care unit where he died on Tuesday. The authorities confirmed the death on Thursday. "The victim died after enduring the deadly disease for a day in a private hospital," said Dr Zafar Ijaz, executive district officer of health while speaking to Dawn. Posted by: Fred 2014-06-13 |
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