A six-year-old boy, who had been admitted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital with symptoms of dengue died at the hospital on Wednesday evening.
Sources said that M. Lingeswaran of Puliyampatti near Sankarankovil was admitted to the hospital on Sunday. Even as the treatment was going on, the boy breathed his last on Wednesday evening.
Tested positive
“He tested positive for dengue and his platelet count came down alarmingly below 5,000, and died,” Deputy Director (Health) Ram Ganesh said.
A medical team had already been deployed at Puliyampatti from where two more patients had been admitted to the TVMCH.
