PUNE: The city reported its first dengue death this year on March 27, when a 55-year-old woman , died at the Poona Hospital of dengue fever-induced complications. The Kondhwa resident was diabetic and she had developed septic shock that precipitated her death.“The woman had developed fever and body ache on March 22. She was admitted to our nursing home on March 25. Her condition later deteriorated. She, therefore, shifted to the Poona Hospital for higher medical care,” said a doctor from the Kamal Nursing Home in Market Yard.During the course of her treatment at the Poona Hospital, the woman’s condition worsened. “She had developed severe breathlessness and was put on ventilator support. The patient then suffered septic shock along with organ dysfunction and died on March 27. The woman had tested positive for dengue,” said a doctor at the Poona Hospital.One of the deceased woman’s family members, a chemist by profession, said, “In the past, we had faced a severe mosquito menace in and around the Shantinagar society in Kondhwa. But things had improved a little after the health officials of the PMC took notice of our complaints. However, over the past few days, we have again started facing a mosquito menace, though it is not as bad as it was earlier.”In addition to diabetes, the woman also had rheumatic heart disease and had elevated levels of potassium in her blood owing to deranged kidney function.

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