MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

By Shivani Mehra – “LUDHIANA: There’s a mystery fever that has gripped the city of Ludhiana and with even doctors failing to pinpoint the cause or type of the illness, residents have begun panicking. Those complaining of the baffling fever are also more by the day as doctors say the cases pouring in have increased by 60%. The symptoms include high fever, stomach pain and low platelet count.

While the patients and their families have failed to understand the cause of this fever, doctors too are not clear about what is causing it. From next to no case till a few months ago, as many as seven people are daily being now diagnosed with this fever these days.

A doctor is Apollo Hospital’s medicine department, Gautam Aggarwal, said, ‘I am treating as many as eight such patients every day. Monsoons have brought some viral and bacterial infections and this one seems unclassified.'” Read more.