kolkata two persons died of suspected dengue in a span of 72 hours in a jadavpur neighbourhood barely 200m from the university campus as the rest of the city geared up to celebrate the festival of lights at least 18 people in the same locality are down with similar symptomsthe two victims of the dreaded viruswhich has claimed more than 15 lives in the city this year are a 28yearold mother of two including a twomonth old and a 43yearold laundryowner both residents of a slum near the abandoned bengal lamp factory while both tested ns1 positive the civic authorities refused to recognize them as dengue victims saying the disease was yet to be confirmedhomemaker disha barman had been suffering from fever since monday she tested ns1positive at a kmc clinic at layalka on monday and was admitted to kpc medical college on tuesday where she died the next dayher neighbour vinod choudhury had fever since last thursday and tested ns1 positive at the same layalka clinic on friday he was admitted to bangur hospital on the same day where he died on sunday both had severe symptoms and barely had the chance to recover said family members and neighbours they alleged that the area has been a mosquito breeding ground for years and civic authorities rarely visited the areawater accumulated garbage piled up despite repeated pleasrajesh barman dishas husband said despite repeated requests none from the kmc ever took note of their complaints garbage remains uncollected and there are scores of water accumulations in the area several have been afflicted with dengue this year and its a wonder that none had died till now said rajesh a photographerhe added that even though disha was immediately shifted to hospital her condition kept deteriorating sharply she died within 48 hours and i suspect that her treatment was not done correctly said rajesh the couple has a twomonthold son and a threeyearold daughtervinod on the other hand lived alone neighbours said he was a resident of bihar and his mortal remains were taken home choudhury had been healthy till he got fever last week they said he got his blood tested immediately and sought admission once he came to know that he had dengue said a neighbourdoctors in kolkata have pointed out that dengue symptoms have very severe this year leading to quick death most deaths have occurred within 23 days of admission which is unusual said consultant arindam biswas