Kasargod, September 26: Due to continuous death by rat fever, a medical team of the Union Ministry of Health on Sunday visited the general hospital here as well as the district hospital in Kanhangad.
Deputy DMO Dr. Vimal Raj, Doctors Krishna Naik, Sunil Chandran, M Kunhiraman and Jamaludeen were part of the Central team. The team visited the district hospital and also some areas affected by rat fever.
The team consisting Dr. U V S Rana and Dr. Amith Karat visited the patients admitted at the general hospital here due to fever.
Meanwhile, four more patients died on Sunday while the medical team was visiting the district taking the total deaths in the district due to fever to 22 during the past two months.
Kallalan,51, of Kundamkuzhy, Chandran,45, of Padannakkad, Krishnan, 50 Karinthalam died due to fever while Siddique, a two and- half- year old boy died of jaundice in Uduma.
Two more patients Satheesan, 46 of Melparamba and Narayanan,35 of Badiadka suffering from suspected rat fever were admitted to the General Hospital here.
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