Madurai: Four-year-old dies of dengue in Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli: A four-year-old boy died of dengue haemorrhagic fever after suffering frequent seizures and cardiac pulmonary arrest at a private hospital in Tirunelveli on Thursday.

The victim, Praveen Kumar, son of Muthuraj and Uma Mahesh, was an LKG student at a matriculation school in Kovilpatti. He was initially admitted with symptoms of fever on November 4 at the district government headquarters hospital in Tuticorin.

He was shifted to a private hospital in Kovilpatti for treatment until he was taken to Tirunelveli. However, he did not respond to treatment and died on Thursday morning.

Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a more severe form of dengue that develops over time after initial mild infection. tnn