Health agent Larissa da Silva Lima, 22 years old, died last Wednesday (11) from dengue hemorrhagic. The young woman worked in the municipality of Álvares Florence (529 km from the capital of São Paulo).
According to Glaucia Waideman, health coordinator for the municipality, Larissa worked to fight dengue, with a focus on eliminating the creators of the Aedes aegypti mosquito (transmitter of the disease), on Friday (6). At the end of the afternoon, she would have started to feel sick and sought care at the municipal health unit on Monday (9).
The doctor suspected the diagnosis of dengue, warned the local health agencies, asked for tests, prescribed medication to the young woman and released her to return home with instructions, even advised her to return to the hospital the next day if necessary.
On Tuesday (7) morning, the young woman returned to the health unit, but was released again. However, in the early hours of Wednesday (8), Larissa was taken to the emergency department of Santa Casa Votuporanga because she had abdominal pain.
“Larissa died around 12:30 pm on Wednesday. The evolution of the case occurred very quickly. According to the report from the SVO (Death Verification Service), the cause of death was dengue hemorrhagic fever with cardiac complications.”
Glaucia Waideman at UOL
The disease in the city
Waideman explained that the municipality’s health department currently has six notifications for dengue, two of which are negative, two positive (including Larissa’s death) and two others awaiting the result.
“Larissa’s death from dengue hemorrhagic fever is the first case in the 10 years that I’ve worked in the municipality’s health department. We are in full action against dengue due to the rainy season. The municipality works annually on prevention and health promotion actions in the fight and elimination of the disease. Unfortunately, this fatality occurred with a worker who contributed to the fight against the disease”, he concluded.
On social media, the city hall mourned the young woman’s death and expressed condolences to Larissa’s family and friends.
