BSMMU’s first liver transplant patient dies of dengue

Two more people died of dengue in the capital and Khulna while 761 new dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours until 8.00 am Sunday, report agencies.

In Dhaka, Nasima Akter, 48, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 9:30am.

Nasima, who lived in the capital's Shewrapara, hailed from Cumilla.

Meanwhile, doctors at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) said a man suffering from the mosquito-borne disease died in the morning.

The deceased was identified as Ashiquzzaman, 37, a resident of Magura's Shalikha upazila.

KMCH Dr Shailendranath Biswas said Ashiquzzaman was admitted to the hospital's dengue ward in the morning.

BSMMU's first liver transplant patient dies of dengue

Meanwhile, the first-ever liver transplant patient at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University died of dengue, the authority says.

Siratul Islam Shuvo, 20, was released from hospital after the successful transplant. But he was later infected with dengue at home and came back to the BSMMU at the last stage during Eid holidays, Vice-Chancellor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua said.

Doctors at the BSMMU performed the transplant on June 24 with the help of Indian doctors. Shuvo along with his donor mother Rokshana Begum was released from the hospital through a ceremony on July 18.

He died during the holidays in mid-August.

The news came to the fore when a news website reported that the authority had concealed the information.