India, Oct. 25 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has sought explanations from Ruby Hall Clinic (RHC), Pune and Noble Hospital, Hadapsar over alleged lapses in dengue reporting and discrepancies in test records, following the suspected dengue death of a nine-year-old girl and a review of diagnostic entries on the government surveillance portal.

The civic health department issued the notice on October 21, asking Ruby Hall Clinic to explain why information about a minor girl suspected to have dengue infection, who died (October 18) while undergoing treatment at the hospital, was not reported to the PMC's vector-borne disease control department within the prescribed time. The hospital was also asked to submit her detailed laboratory re...