NEPALGUNJ: Two dengue patients who were admitted for treatment at Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj have died.

Chief Medical Superintendent of Bheri Hospital, Dr. Badri Chapagain informed that an 86-year-old male, a resident of Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality-8 Bardiya, and a 12-year-old girl of Tikapur Municipality-6 Kailali died on Wednesday in the course of treatment.

The elderly man was being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) as he also had asthma.

The number of dengue-infected patients is increasing in Bheri Hospital of late.

To prevent the spread of dengue infection in Banke, Nepalgunj sub-metropolitan municipality has conducted a campaign to destroy the larvae.