PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
Health authorities yesterday cautioned that there has been a sharp increase of leptospirosis (rat fever) and dengue this year and that they could develop into epidemic proportions. Government Epidemiology Unit Director Dr. Prabha Palihawadana told Daily Mirror that 37 leptospirosis deaths have been reported since January 1 this year in …
Health Department sources said that it was too early to comment whether the two patients who died after being admitted to the Tangalle Hospital and the other undergoing treatment were suffering from Dengue. Doctors were reluctant to say whether they died of Dengue or any other disease. However, reliable sources …
Dengue has claimed the lives of six while another 233 are undergoing treatment in the Southern Province hospitals of Matara and Karapitiya. From January to April, 168 Dengue patients have been admitted to the Matara hospital and three of them had died. Of the 66 patients admitted to Karapitiya hospital, …
IN Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur, one finds neglected and stagnant water ponds in almost every locality. These ponds are the result of an effluent from a community, or groundwater upward seepage due to capillary action, or canal water seepage (in case of Hyderabad and Sukkur), or water received from diffused …
The District health Department is all set to fumigate the rural areas of the capital from Monday as part of preventive measures against malaria and dengue fever. According to a press statement, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Amirzada Khan said the fumigation would be started from Bhara Kahu. He said …
The Sri Lanka Health authorities warned that the threat of dengue is spreading across the Colombo city again. A spokesman for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said that this is mainly because of the uncollected garbage in the city. About 201 dengue patients have been reported in the Colombo city …
Developing countries including Pakistan are facing the burden of communicable disease including dengue, fevers, diarrhoea and cholera, which may result in emergencies. These views were expressed by the speakers during a technical session of the 3rd National Conference held under the auspices of Pakistan Medical Society (PMS) in collaboration with …
Bhuj: Three members of a family died of dengue in Ade-sar village of Rapar taluka here on Monday. "Amba Sindhal, 28, his wife Shanti, 27, and mother Hasi, 70, succumbed. The trio was diagnosed dengue positive and admitted to a private hospital in Radhanpur in Ba-naskantha, where they died of …
Preventive measures not enough With the onset of summer, cases of malaria and dengue are on rise in the district. The Health Department and the administration requires serious preventive measures to provide proper medical care and facilities to the patients. Four confirmed dengue and 214 malaria cases have come to …
A special programme to control dengue will be carried out islandwide this month as during the month as the Health Ministry hopes to control the possibility of another outbreak with the onset of South West monsoon in May and June. Deputy Director General of Public Health Dr. Palitha Mahipala said …
A special programme to control dengue will be carried out islandwide this month as during the month as the Health Ministry hopes to control the possibility of another outbreak with the onset of South West monsoon in May and June. Deputy Director General of Public Health Dr. Palitha Mahipala said …
As well as dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever-dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS), other atypical manifestations of dengue virus infection have also been reported. The frequency of CNS involvement in dengue remains unknown, although isolated cases with neurological manifestations have been reported in Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Burma, Puerto Rico and …
RAWALPINDI, March 30: City district government has launched post-winter spray campaign against dengue virus in all the 46 union councils of the city. The month-long campaign was kicked off by District Coordination Officer Jamal Mustafa Syed at Fauji Colony near Pirwadhai on Monday. The chances of dengue fever attack are …
Dengue fever is raising its ugly head in the Batticaloa district. Statistically 128 dengue positive cases were reported this year and two of the patients died. Provincial Director of Health Services Dr. M. Devarajan said the most number of patients were reported from the Batticaloa Health Officer
Dengue fever is raising its ugly head in the Kandy district again. Addressing the recent District Coordinating Committee, Director of Health Services Kandy Dr. S. Gamage said several positive cases of dengue were reported from the district and three patients died of the disease. He warned that it would increase …
Public health officers have been put on a high alert after a rare and unfamiliar dengue virus has been spotted in large numbers in Little India. Little India is one of the busiest ethnic quarters in Singapore with a large cluster of Indian population, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis also flourish in …
Matale Municipal Council yesterday issued the final notice under the regulations to prevent mosquito breeding to bring Dengue fever under control which is spreading in epidemic proportions. The Chief Public Health Inspector, Matale, R. M. Madduma Bandara said a team of PHIs were deployed to create public awareness in this …
Mosquito-borne Dengue fever is spreading once again in Sri Lanka with a sharp increase in the number of patients, Sri Lanka health officials today said. Dr. Prabha Palihawadana, the Director of the Epidemic disease Unit of Health ministry said that 2,400 dengue cases have been reported within the last two …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first death due to dengue fever during this season has been reported from Vizhinjam. A three-and-a-half-year old girl, Joicy from Kottapuram in Vizhinjam, died of dengue on Monday. District Medical Officer Dr Sreedhar told Expresso that the girl was undergoing treatment in a private hospital since last Friday. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A silent invasion by a tiny insect has completely derailed the life of the people of the capital city. This insect is rendering more and more humans sick and incapacitated. Meet Aedes Aegypti, the new invader of the city, which has made thousands bedridden. Thiruvananthapuram is being held hostage …
