JU student dies of dengue

A student of Jahangirnagar University (JU), Ranjit Das Chauhan, a student of Government and Politics Department of 2016-17 session (46 Batch), has died of dengue.

He died around 2.00 am on Monday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital.

Ranjit, hailing from Cumilla Adarsha Sadar Upazila, was also a resident student of Shaheed Rafiq Jabbar Hall and general secretary of JU Cine Society.

Saiful Islam Porosh, a friend of deceased, said that Ranjit had been feeling sick since last Saturday. He was admitted to Cumilla Tower Hospital yesterday morning. Later, doctors referred him to DMCH as his physical condition deteriorated.

A doctor of DMCH said a person needs at least 15,000 platelets of blood but he had only 5,000 platelets.