Another doctor dies of dengue in Dhaka
August 11, 2023
Mosammat Sharifa Binte Aziz. — Collected photo.
Another female doctor died of dengue fever at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in the capital early Friday.
The doctor was Sharifa Binte Aziz, 27, hailing from Dohar upazila in Dhaka. She was undergoing treatment at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of (DMCH around 5am.
Sharifa completed her MBBS degree from Rangpur Medical College and Hospital and was studying FCPS at the DMCH.
Family sources said that Sharifa was suffering from fever four days and undergoing treatment at Islami Bank Hospital. Later, Sharifa was shifted to the DMCH on Thursday as her condition deteriorated.
Meanwhile, a female doctor named Almina Dewan Mishu, 32, died of dengue fever at DMCH on Tuesday early hours.
She was a 39th BCS cadre officer. She was undergoing treatment at the DMCH intensive care unit since August 1.
She was earlier admitted to a private hospital in Dhaka with dengue infection on July 26.
