Woman pregnant with twins dies of dengue

NST: Dengue has claimed another victim in the State: a woman pregnant with twins.
Fairuz Aziz, 26, died yesterday after she was admitted to the Penang Hospital on Thursday with dengue haemorrhagic fever.
Her seven-month-old foetuses also did not survive.
Fairuz, a housewife from Taman Sahabat in Teluk Kumbar, was in a critical condition when she was admitted. She died about 6am yesterday.
State Health, Welfare and Caring Society Committee chairman P.K. Subbaiyah said this was the third death caused by the virus this year.
"The situation is not very good," he said when asked on the seriousness of the dengue outbreak in the State.
There was one death early this year and another last week. The two who succumbed to the virus earlier were a 46-year-old woman in Bukit Gelugor and a 21-year-old man in Kampung Binjal in Bayan Lepas.
He said notices would be issued to land-owners whose properties had become breeding grounds for aedes mosquitoes.
"If they do not take action, then we, through the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP), will clean up their premises and charge them for doing so," Subbaiyah said.
He would be informing all state assemblymen in dengue-prone areas to organise more gotong-royong projects to rid the island of aedes mosquitoes.
"Bayan Lepas, Teluk Kumbar and Sungai Nibong are among the dengue-prone areas," he added.
Bayan Lepas state assemblyman Syed Amerrudin Syed Ahmad urged residents to notify the authorities if there were dengue-related deaths in the area.