The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to this report by the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first consolidated WHO report on viral hepatitis epidemiology, service coverage and product access, with improved data for action. …
Ahmedabad: The deadly hepatitis-B virus claimed its 58th victim in Meghraj taluka in Sabarkantha on Monday A harried health department has now concentrated its surveillance in Idar taluka as fresh cases have been traced to this area. With this 53 fresh cases have been reported in the last few days, …
Ahmedabad: The deadly mutant strain of hepatitis-B has now got its first reported victim in Ahmedabad. But, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) seems to be hardly affected by it. Health committee of AMC will be holding an 'emergency' meeting, which has been scheduled only in the next week. The meeting will …
Roni Caryn Rabin AT LEAST nine kidney patients were infected with Hepatitis C while being treated at a Manhattan dialysis center that was closed by US health officials last year, according to the results of an investigation published on Thursday by the federal Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Four …
The Age debate March .5 : All of Gujarat has been rattled by the Modasa incident. In February more than 50 people died from a breakout of the Hepatitis-B virus, which is a killer. It appears that employing used syringes and needles by private clinics caused the virus to spread. …
It is a bitter dose to swallow. Injections and intravenous drips are rampantly administered across Maharashtra, including Mumbai-even when unnecessary, says a new research. The finding is alarming when one considers the tragedy in Gujarat's Modasa town. Over 50 people succumbed to a Hepatitis-B outbreak in the last fortnight. Each …
Ahmedabad : Eleven new cases of Hepatitis-B have been reported in Sabarkantha district in North Gujarat on Sunday. The total number of cases reported has now reached to 184. According to health officials, the death toll is 56 as no deaths were reported on Sunday. In Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, four …
Ahmedabad: With no deaths reported from hepatitis-hit Sabarakantha district on Sunday, the toll stood at 56, while 11 new cases were admitted from Modasa, Idar and Meghraj taluks The Gujarat health department is investigating the role of about seven companies which could be involved in the recycling of the biomedical …
KUTCH: A suspected case of hepatitis-B the disease that has claimed 60 lives in Modasa taluka of Sabarkantha district and infected several more in several parts of Gujarat has now been reported from Adipur town. District health department officials have, however, denied any case in the area. Mahendrasinh Parmar, 55, …
Surat : Is a hepatitis-B bomb ticking in Surat? At a time when state's health department has launched intensive drives against unauthorised medical practice to rein in the deadly virus, quacks rule the roost in the diamond city. Areas like Limbayat, Dindoli, Mithi Khadi, Anjana, Udhna, Pandesara and Ved Road …
VADODARA : In a case that has uncanny similarities with hepatitis B outbreak in Modasa, a 23-year-old woman took ill after taking an intravenous injection and drips about five months ago for diarrhoea and vomiting. The district health officials have filed a police complaint against the doctor on grounds that …
MUMBAI: The 43 deaths in Modasa town of Gujarat's Sabarkantha district over the last fortnight due to hepatitis B underlines how widespread this viral infection really is. "It is one of the biggest public health challenges,'' said gastroenterologist Dr D N Amarapurkar of Bombay Hospital. Statistics bear this out: around …
Ahmedabad: His clinic was found reusing syringes and functioning without a system to dispose of biomedical waste Even as Hepatitis B continues to terrorise people of Modasa, an FIR was registered against an allopathic doctor and his son on charges of culpable homicide on Saturday. The duo has been identified …
AHMEDABAD: The death toll in the hepatitis-hit Sabarkantha district climbed to 43 with the report of five new deaths. Meanwhile, state health department launched a mass vaccination drive in Modasa town on Monday. According to district health officials six new cases of hepatitis have been registered today from Modasa town …
30,000 hepatitis-B vaccinations done on day one; toll 43 Manas Dasgupta AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government on Monday launched a massive immunisation programme to combat the spread of hepatitis-B epidemic in Modasa and neighbouring areas in Sabarkantha district. With fresh casualties reported from Dhansura and Malpur towns, the death toll has …
Modasa: A father and son, both doctors who ran a private clinic which recklessly used the same syringe to give injections to multiple patients, have been arrested for causing the tragic outbreak of Hepatitis-B in the north Gujarat town of Modasa. So far 38 people have died since the outbreak …
Modasa(Sabarkantha): The death toll due to the deadly hepatitis B in various parts of Sabarkantha district rose to 38 on Sunday while 12 new cases were reported in the district on Sunday. Panic and fear has gripped people and most preferred to stay indoors. The state government has announced that …
MODASA (SABARKANTHA): With three more deaths being reported on Friday, the hepatitis-B toll in Modasa and adjoining areas of Sabarkantha reached 32 even as 25 more were admitted in hospitals. As residents were engulfed with a sense of fear and helplessness, there was more bad news from the National Institute …
