Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Teen falls prey to leptospirosis
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, AUG 6
Nearly a week after a migrant woman died of H1N1 in the commercial capital, leptospirosis has claimed the life of a young boy at the Khareband area of the city.
The victim boy, aged around 16 years, breathed his last at the Hospicio hospital after battling for life. Doctors at the Government hospital informed that the boy was admitted on late Wednesday night and died the following day.
Sources in the know said the boy bled excessively before he breathed his last on the hospital bed.
Following the incident, Hospicio authorities intimated the case to the Margao Urban Health Centre to collect data on the circumstances leading to the death of the young boy.
When contacted, Dr Geeta Kakodkar of Margao Urban Health Centre confirmed to Herald that the boy indeed died of leptospirosis. ?The deceased boy was staying at Khareband in a crowded chawl like structure. Many people, even from outside visit the chawl. The place may be infested with rodents, the cause behind the sad incident?, Dr Kakodkar added.
?Leptospirosis is an infectious disease and is transmitted by animals, including rat. The disease is transmitted through contact with infected soil or water?, doctors said
Information reveals that the soil or water is contaminated with the waste products of an infected animal. People contract the disease by either ingesting contaminated food or water or by broken skin and mucous membrane (eyes, nose, sinuses, mouth) contact with the contaminated water or soil.
Leptospirosis symptoms begin from two to 25 days after initial direct exposure to the urine or tissue of an infected animal. This can even occur via contaminated soil or water.
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HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, AUG 6
Nearly a week after a migrant woman died of H1N1 in the commercial capital, leptospirosis has claimed the life of a young boy at the Khareband area of the city.
The victim boy, aged around 16 years, breathed his last at the Hospicio hospital after battling for life. Doctors at the Government hospital informed that the boy was admitted on late Wednesday night and died the following day.
Sources in the know said the boy bled excessively before he breathed his last on the hospital bed.
Following the incident, Hospicio authorities intimated the case to the Margao Urban Health Centre to collect data on the circumstances leading to the death of the young boy.
When contacted, Dr Geeta Kakodkar of Margao Urban Health Centre confirmed to Herald that the boy indeed died of leptospirosis. ?The deceased boy was staying at Khareband in a crowded chawl like structure. Many people, even from outside visit the chawl. The place may be infested with rodents, the cause behind the sad incident?, Dr Kakodkar added.
?Leptospirosis is an infectious disease and is transmitted by animals, including rat. The disease is transmitted through contact with infected soil or water?, doctors said
Information reveals that the soil or water is contaminated with the waste products of an infected animal. People contract the disease by either ingesting contaminated food or water or by broken skin and mucous membrane (eyes, nose, sinuses, mouth) contact with the contaminated water or soil.
Leptospirosis symptoms begin from two to 25 days after initial direct exposure to the urine or tissue of an infected animal. This can even occur via contaminated soil or water.
http://oheraldo.in/news/Main Page News/Teen-falls-prey-to-leptospirosis/39652.html