CHENNAI: A four-year-old boy died in Chennai on Sunday of dengue fever, prompting political leaders to call out the "negligence" of the ruling DMK government and urging it to take preventive measures to halt the spread of the virus.
Principal opposition party AIADMK and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) condemned the incident and urged the health department to step up awareness on dengue. The child, whose parents are Ayyanar and Sonia, was under treatment for fever at the Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children.
