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 …
Although there is a nip in the air, but the cases of dengue and chikungnya are still being reported every day. As many as 10 dengue cases were confirmed today. The total number of patients affected with dengue this year has risen to 1,017. The Health Department has asked city …
Hospital says it did not overcharge The Haryana government on Tuesday ordered a probe into an allegation that Fortis Hospital in Gurgaon had overcharged the family of a seven-year-old girl, who died of dengue, hours after the Centre asked it to initiate an urgent inquiry. The private hospital denied the …
Most respondents felt there was a nexus between labs, doctors Close on the heels of Gurugram-based Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) allegedly overcharging the family of a seven-year-old dengue patient who died recently at the hospital, a survey conducted about the common man’s perception on “corruption” in the healthcare system …
AHMEDABAD: Even as the temperatures have begun to dip and humidity levels falling, there is no respite from vector-borne infections. The cases of dengue have shown a sharp rise. According to the weekly health report released by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)'s health department, some 71 cases of dengue were reported …
NEW DELHI: Fortis Memorial Research Institute (Gurgaon) charged the family of a seven-year-old dengue patient almost Rs 16 lakh for 15 days in the ICU, but the girl died while being shifted from Fortis to Rockland Hospital. Union health minister J P Nadda on Monday assured the bereaved family of …
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KOLKATA: At least two pregnant women who were down with dengue have died within a fortnight. Jesmita Haldar, a 27-year-old homemaker who had slipped into a coma after delivering a stillborn, succumbed to dengue last Friday while 24-year-old Purnima Biswas of Prince Ghulam Mohammad Shah Road died on November 3. …
KOLKATA: Far from relenting, the dengue menace is spreading its tentacles in south-east Kolkata having its epicenter in areas under borough X. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department is sending more personnel trained in vector control activities to the troubled borough X areas which include Golf Green, Anwar Shah Road, …
The government is providing free of cost medical check-up facility in dengue cases and free medicines are also being distributed. Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur on Tuesday directed the state health authorities to take all precautionary steps to prevent further spread of dengue after 401 positive cases being recorded in …
KOLKATA: A 19-year-old New Town girl and a 35-year-old man from Kadihati died of dengue at the Beliaghata ID Hospital and the Calcutta Medical College Hospital, respectively, in the past two days. Riya Sarkar, a resident of New Town's Pramod Nagar, was first taken to the Beliaghata hospital on November …
Dengue cases in Mohali district have reached a record high this year. As many as 2,253 cases have been reported so far, the highest in the past eight years. Of the 10 suspected cases of dengue deaths, four have been confirmed. In Mohali city, the number of cases has crossed …
Of the total 8,063 cases of dengue, 4,188 patients belonged to Delhi. Patients from other states who came to the city for treatment numbered 3,875, the report said. The number of dengue cases recorded till November 6 had stood at 7,358. At least 705 fresh cases of dengue have been …
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Despite repeated calls, Girish Mahajan remained unavailable for comment As dengue cases continue to grip urban areas, the situation in the north of Maharashtra seems to have worsened. With a high number of cases being reported on a daily basis, Jalgaon has recently turned into an epicentre for dengue. Instead …
7 more dengue cases reported, total number of patients 112 Confusion was created due to delay in sending pathological samples of suspected patients, which actually raised doubts on the ‘unknown’ virus. Health department will send more samples to virology labs in Bhopal and Jabalpur to get clear picture and overcome …
Mumbai: Even as several parts of India are in the grip of severe dengue outbreaks, the city had recorded the highest number of dengue death in last three years across the state with 14 deaths from 788 total cases, data from civic body revealed. Officials said that the figure is …
KOLKATA: Dengue onslaught is not sparing posh localities in the city. A 62-year-old Dengue positive woman, a resident of Ballygunge Circular Road died late on Wednesday. While the state was filing a report on Dengue in the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, the grieving family of Sampat Devi Baid was …
Fines to the tune of Rs. 1.06 lakh was imposed during a series of inspections carried out by Collector C.Kadiravan as part of the anti-dengue sanitation drive in Shoolagiri on Wednesday. An unkempt open plot in Anna Nagar here attracted a fine of Rs. 50,000 to the plot owner. Mr. …
Tiruvannamalai: Going beyond the academics and curriculum, the education department in Tiruvannamalai district have forced the private and nursery schools to fall in line for not taking up the anti-dengue awareness programme seriously to tackle the deadly disease. The managements of the nursery and primary schools in the district have …
BHOPAL: For the second year in a row, over 1,000 peoplehave tested positive for vector-borne diseases like chikungunya and dengue in the state capital. Health department steps to control the spread of deadly diseases are yet to show results, with police being called in at Hamidiahospital to control the large …
