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 …
Hyderabad has shown an alarming increase of malaria and dengue cases in the past few weeks. Though anti-larval operations and fogging are being conducted in the city there is no respite for the people from mosquitoes. Hyderabad has shown an alarming increase of malaria and dengue cases in the past …
Calcutta: Mosquito-control measures will get a boost if councillors join health workers in making door-to-door visits, mayoral council member Atin Ghosh said during a discussion on the Calcutta Municipal Corporation budget in the civic house on Tuesday. Ghosh urged all councillors to visit the houses in their respective wards and …
PATNA: With the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) virtually failing to curb breeding of mosquitoes in various localities of the city, people are at the receiving end here. Despite using all types of repellents, residents of the city are experiencing disturbed sleep due to mosquito bites even during the daytime. The …
The top court also took strong exception that lawyers for none of the states and union territories, except for Delhi, were present in the court during the hearing and said it was a clear indication of their lack of concern. New Delhi: Are the authorities waiting for the "atom bomb …
NEW DELHI: The rising number of mosquito-borne cases early in the season has prompted the south corporation to prepone its modified vector-borne disease programme by almost two months. “Several measures are being taken to avoid a scenario in which the dengue-chikungunya incidence turns into a crisis. We started with a …
Calcutta: The Assembly passed on Tuesday a bill that seeks to empower the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to impose a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh on the owner or occupier of a property where mosquito-breeding grounds are found. The bill also seeks to empower civic health workers to forcibly …
KOLKATA: The diagnosis is out and it does not sound very pretty for the city as it heads for another season of vector-borne diseases. Kolkata and Bengal are now more prone to the more dangerous dengue serotypes II and IV instead of serotypes I and III, which have hitherto been …
As many as nine cases of dengue have been reported in Delhi in the first two months this year, indicating the early spread of the virus carrying the vector-borne disease in the national Capital. Of the nine cases reported till March 3, six were recorded in January and three in …
Jaipur: On the first day of the three-day door-to-door campaign launched in the city, health authorities reached at the doorsteps of the people for checking their health. They conducted activities to prevent spread of swine flu and mosquito-borne diseases covering 43,708 houses in 91 municipal wards on Monday. Since, dengue …
Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will preside over a meeting to discuss vector-control measures on Wednesday. Representatives of the municipal corporations of Calcutta, Bidhannagar and Howrah will attend the meeting, among others. Government officials failed to recall the last time a meeting to take stock of vector-control measures was held …
Jaipur: If you see health department officials at your doorstep in next three days, do not be surprised. Health department will launch a massive door-to-door campaign in the city for preventing spread of swine flu and other seasonal diseases including dengue. From Monday, teams of health department will check health …
At a time when burgeoning cases of swine flu and deaths are presenting a challenge to the state health department,a sudden spurt in the cases of dengue has put the state health officials on their toes. In January this year, a total of 478 cases of dengue has been reported …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: Outrage as Parents End Life After Child's Dengue Death dated 06/02/2018 regarding implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. Supreme Court refuses to accept the 845 page affidavit to be filed on behalf of the Union of …
Case in Jan sends Health Dept in a tizzy, girl recovers The city has witnessed the first dengue case of the year. Considered to be a fever of tropical weather conditions, the confirmation of the dengue case in January has sent the Health Department in a tizzy. The patient has …
A weekly health report of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) suggests an unusual rise in the vector-borne diseases. The health department of the civic body, on Monday, reported 51 vector-borne cases within 20 days of the month. Generally, the vector-borne diseases appear during monsoon and post-monsoon period. The vector-borne diseases have …
Scrub typhus, encephalitis, malaria are other reasons, says multi-centre study A multi-centric observational study of 34 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across India on 456 patients — critically ill adults and children with non-localised fever — has found that dengue was the reason for most ICU admissions (105.23%) across the country. …
Use handheld devices like ones used by traffic police: HC The Delhi High Court on Tuesday suggested the civic bodies here to collect fines on the spot from people found littering, using handheld electronic devices like the ones used by the traffic police. Corruption allegations “It will obliterate any allegation …
Students of nine schools of Kamrup district received free insurance policy of Rs 20,000 for dengue under the collaboration of a social-based organisation Drishtee and CAFE India under the Behtar India Campaign on January 3, 4 and 8, a press release stated. A total 3,333 students of the nine schools …
NEW DELHI: A report by the municipal corporations of Delhi has confirmed that 10 people died because of dengue in the city hospitals last year. Malaria claimed five lives, taking the total number of fatalities caused by mosquito-borne diseases to 15. The report, released by South Delhi Municipal Corporation that …
AHMEDABAD: This should be an eye-opener for health authorities in Gujarat. Four months ago, an international research team including Indian scientists showed how climate change — principally varying rainfall and temperature - was responsible for frequent dengue outbreaks in the country. Gujarat was among the five zones studied by scientists …
