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Fever claims 3 more lives in Kollam

By Our Staff Reporter

KOLLAM June 23. With three more deaths reported today, the mysterious fever epidemic gripping the district has claimed 11 lives during the past one week.

Health authorities are in the dark about the real nature or identity of the fever. The explanations range from rat fever to dengue fever, viral fever, typhoid and jaundice.

The authorities have, meanwhile, cautioned the general public to desist from self-medication in the event of a fever. The advise is to get themselves treated under a doctor or get admitted to a hospital.

Awareness programmes have been embarked upon at the rural levels through mike announcements. A special "fever clinic'' has been opened at the district hospital in the wake of the situation.

Official records show that more than 3,000 cases of fever had been reported at the various hospitals in the district during the past one week.

While high temperature is the general symptom, many of the other symptoms accompanying the fever vary and this is what confuses the medical authorities.

An emergency meeting with the panchayat authorities have been convened tomorrow by the district Health authorities.

Meanwhile, those who died today on account of the fever have been identified as Chandran Pillai (54) and Chandramathi (50), both from Paravur and Jumailathu Beevi (47) from Anchal. While Pillai and Chandramathi died while under treatment at a private hospital, Beevi died at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital.

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