Mohana: A 28-year-old boy from Odisha’s Gajapati district died due to dengue. The deceased has been identified as Bikash Kumar Lima of Christian Sahi at Namangada village of Gumma tehsil in the district.
According to reports, Lima was admitted at the Berhampur-based MKCG Medical College and Hospital after he was infected with dengue. However, he breathed his last on August 7 while undergoing treatment at the government hospital.
Lima’s body was taken to his native village and buried as per the rituals of Christianity, said sources adding that three other persons from the area are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Andhra Pradesh.
This apart eight other people of the village are suffering from fiver, informed the sources.