Kottayam (Kerala) | A 15-year-old boy, who had been under treatment with symptoms of leptospirosis, died at the state-run medical college in this southern district of Kerala on Saturday, hospital sources said.
The deceased was identified as Lenan C Shyam, a native of S H Mount here.
A Class X student, the teen was also a football player.
Shyam had symptoms of leptospirosis and the exact cause of the death could be ascertained after receiving the post mortem report, sources added.
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease commonly known as "rat fever" in local parlance.
