Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A 53-year-old female constable died during treatment of dengue in a private hospital in Jabalpur, the police said on Sunday.
The female constable, Usha Tiwari, resident of Trimurti Nagar, Gohalpur was posted in Police Line Jabalpur.
She had consulted with a doctor on September 9 and had taken medicine. On the advice of the doctor, she had her dengue test. On September 10 she was tested positive for dengue with 1 lakh 20 thousand platelets count.
She was undergoing treatment at home but on September 11, her health deteriorated and she was admitted to Ashish hospital where she died late night on Saturday.
On getting the information, Superintendent of Police Jabalpur Mr. Siddhartha Bahuguna reached home and consoled the family. He said that the entire police family is with them.
He also directed all the officers present on spot to take care of the arrangement and instructed Protection Inspector Shri Saurabh Tiwari to immediately provide the charity fund of Rs 1 lakh to the family.
