Death toll in Jaffna fever outbreak climbs to five

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The death toll from an unidentified fever spreading in Jaffna has risen to five, confirmed Jaffna Hospital Director Dr. T. Sathyamoorthy during a media briefing.

The deceased, aged between 20 and 65, succumbed to fever and respiratory complications.

Dr. Sathyamoorthy revealed that the illness is suspected to be leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, but emphasised that confirmation is pending as blood samples have been sent to Colombo for further analysis.

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Chandran Wednesday, 11 December 2024 06:22 PM

During these crisis we have to ask " what are the doctors doing to stop the infections ? ". People stupidly talk about medical colleges and MBBS but these are all.bogus tools used by doctors to fool people for long long time. Any fool can do what doctors do " prescribing medicines made by pharma ".

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Dr Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 11 December 2024 06:28 PM

Thanks to land connectivity in the North, all kinds of diseases will spread quickly now.

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Truth from Jaffna Wednesday, 11 December 2024 11:37 PM

But the infection is coming to Jaffna from India by the recently started ferry service.

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