Elderly woman dies in third dengue fatality
A 61-year-old woman died Sunday night while undergoing treatment for dengue fever at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Malé. Her death is the third fatality from dengue so far this year.
23 May 2016, 9:00 AM
A 61-year-old woman died of dengue fever Sunday night at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Malé.
An IGMH spokesperson told The Maldives Independent that she died around 7:30pm while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit.
Her death is the third fatality from dengue so far this year.
A 35-year old woman from the island of Faresmaathoda in Gaaf Dhaalu Atoll and a seven-month-old boy in Malé died of dengue earlier this month.
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