Overview

• Sarani Bandopadhyay fell ill on June 9 and was admitted to a South Dum Dum municipal facility on June 17.
• She was moved to a private clinic in Topsia on June 19 after her fever and breathing issues worsened.
• Doctors reported she needed ventilation but the clinic lacked pediatric ventilators; earlier tests missed fluid in her lungs.
• She died at 5:45 a.m. on June 21 despite emergency transfers and in-ambulance oxygen support.
• Dum Dum has recorded two dengue infections this year and Kolkata’s mayor reports 115 cases citywide, prompting expanded waste disposal and vector-control efforts.