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The mosquito captured here by Virraj Sorhvi, probably of the genus Culex, is a known carrier of viral encephalitis and of filariasis: it can certainly transmit pathogens from patients afflicted with other infectious diseases to those it bites in the same room. So you have come to a hospital to recover from one sickness, but instead of cure you get infected with another on top of your original ailment... This, in effect, is exactly what happened to Virraj, who was infected with the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacterium, or MRSA, in the hospitals in which he had been treated — not by mosquitoes, to be sure, but by having septic pins implanted in his lower leg to support the outrigger of an external bone-fixator used in treating his aseptic tibial fracture. None the less, mosquitoes in a hospital ward are a special danger to all those present in the room, patients, visitors, and staff alike. Mostly, they bit Virraj's skin at night; the specimen evidenced here is attacking a privacy curtain in broad daylight (or fluorescent light, to be exact).


♦ Virraj has been hospitalized continuously since 4 July 2005; he had undergone treatment (mostly by medical neglect) at this particular institution between 17 October 2007 and 28 May 2008. For the latest info, visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/virraj

♦ video location: Bed № 4112, Wing A, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, Delhi-Mathura Road (National Highway № 2), New Delhi, India
♦ video date: Thursday, 20 March 2008 (19:58:00 IST | 14:28:00 GMT) — 991st day of Virraj's hospitalization overall (156th day at Apollo)

♥♥♥Greetings to the viewers of my video in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Oman, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Venezuela, and other parts of the world!♥♥♥

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[sameegrl]

sigh....makes me want to give you a huge hug...