Malappuram, Sep 11
A 47-year-old man from Malappuram district in northern Kerala died of amoebic meningoencephalitis, marking the sixth death from the fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba in the state in the month.
Shaji, a native of Chelempra Chaliparambu in Malappuram district, was admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on August 9 after his condition deteriorated.
This marks the second death from the infection this week and the sixth within a month.
Shaji had liver-related ailments and did not respond to the prescribed medicines during this period, a local media report quoted health officials as saying.