Dubai, UAE: Friends and relatives of a 10th grade student of Indian High School Dubai are mourning the death of head student Kavya Menon who passed away after undergoing medical treatment in Dubai and India.
Kavya underwent treatment at Rashid Hospital Dubai and the Amritha Hospital, Ernakulam, Kerala for viral encephalitis or brain inflammation.
“She was an active student and one day in December last year she collapsed all of a sudden. She was admitted to Rashid Hospital but she was soon put on a ventilator.
When her condition deteriorated, she was shifted to Amritha Hospital in an air ambulance,” said a relative of the Menon family.
“Since the school is closed for vacation, a memorial meeting did not take place,” said a school source.
Kavya, daughter of Dubai-based businessman Raveendra Menon, hailed from Irinjalakkuda in Kerala’s Thrissur district. Her mother, Usha Menon, has been a teacher at Al Diyafa School, Dubai.
“Kavya struggled for life for six months in the hospital bed. She did not have any major ailment before and the seriousness of her condition was understood only after she was admitted for treatment,” said a relative in Dubai.
Kavya was cremated in her hometown on Monday and the family, which was devastated by her illness and death, is now in Kerala.
Though viral infections are quite common, viral encephalitis is rare disease that affects the central nervous system, according to medical experts.
“Clinically relevant viral encephalitis most commonly affects children, young adults or the elderly, but the spectrum of involvement depends on the specific viral agent, host immune status and genetic and environmental factors,” says a medical expert.
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