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Prof. Dr. Rajkishore Singh, Department of Medicine, BRD Medical College told that dengue patients should not panic. It is not lethal. It gets cured with timely treatment. In case of dengue, drink more water, take lemon-salt-water solution. Take fruits and nutritious food. Take vitamin C and zinc. Use antibiotics sparingly in case of stomach upset. Because, it reduces the risk of platelets decreasing. Take fresh curd and ORS solution.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has fixed the fee for dengue test and platelets in private pathology and blood corpus. Now dengue test will cost between Rs 1,000 to Rs 1500. Whereas, patients will get platelets between four hundred and 13 thousand rupees. This decision has been taken in a meeting held on Monday with CMO Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Dubey.
IMA President Dr. Shiv Shankar Shahi and Media In-charge Dr. Imran Akhtar told that the cost of single donor platelets (it is prepared immediately after taking out from the blood of the donor) is Rs 11000. If the blood group of the donor does not match with the blood group of the patient, then a chemical is put in it, which costs two thousand rupees. This also has to be given to the patient. Pre-stocked platelets will be provided only at Rs 400 per bag. Rapid and antibody test for dengue will be for Rs 1000 and ELISA test for Rs 1500.
