MUMBAI: Another resident doctor from Parel’s KEM Hospital was diagnosed with dengue and admitted to the medical intensive care unit on Monday. According to the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), this would be the 25th medical student from the hospital to fall prey to the infectious disease over the past two months.

MARD further said as many as 15 MBBS students and 10 post-graduate students have been affected by dengue since September. “Cases had started coming from the MBBS hostel from September,” said a MARD member and added that the count of 25 was still conservative. KEM doctors are also trying their best to salvage the life of a five-month who is battling dengue. Parkar said there was a delay in bringing the child who is on ventilator. This year dengue has claimed two infants .

On Monday, Ajinkya Desale, a resident doctor, was admitted after he tested positive. He is the tenth post-graduate student to be admitted over the fortnight. Dean Dr Shubhangi Parkar said his condition was stable. “The students are admitted to MICU for better care,” she said and added that only two resident doctors continue to be hospitalized. Another three have recovered, including the one who was shifted to PD Hinduja Hospital after his condition got serious. Parkar agreed there was a viral wave in the campus. “But whether so many of them had dengue is something I have to check.”

Controlling dengue in the campus has been a challenge since breeding spots were mostly unconventional, she added. BMC’s insecticide department that has been carrying daily vigil said now there are no none left in the campus. “There was massive breeding in a nahani trap (pipeline) that runs across the hospital’s main passage. There were also breeding spots under tarpaulin sheets and scrap material spread across the campus,” said Rajen Naringrekar, BMC’s insecticide officer. Breeding spots were found even in the new building that houses resident doctors. The spots came to light after the death of resident doctor Shruti Khobragade on October 28.

