Report of the Committee formed by the government of Uttar Pradesh in Original Application No. 116 of 2014 in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs MC, Gorakhpur & Others. In compliance with the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, the government of Uttar Pradesh constituted …
Already grappling with various allergies and viral fever, Delhi has registered 479 dengue cases, 218 malaria cases, 12 cases of chikungunya and five confirmed cases of Japanese Encephalitis this season. Though Delhi Health Minister Dr. A.K. Walia said the figures were not alarming and that the situation was under control, …
Gorakhpur: Some 25 kilometres from the main city, is a small village named Holiya. Not a single case of encephalitis was reported from this hamlet in the last two seasons. The changes were brought about by a locally active social group headed by paediatrician Dr RN Singh. With the help …
Dibrugarh, Oct. 16: The Assam Medical College and Hospital and Regional Medical Research Councilat Lahowal in Dibrugarh will soon conduct a largescale study on the effects of Japanese encephalitis vaccine on adults. This is for the first time in the world that such a study will be conducted. The Rs …
With six more persons succumbing to encephalitis, the death toll due to the viral disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh has climbed to 438 this year, health officials said on Friday. At present, 261 people suffering from encephalitis are undergoing treatment at the BRD Medical College here besides in some other …
Japanese encephalitis (JE) has claimed the lives of eight more children in the last five days in Bihar's Gaya district, taking the death toll in the epidemic to 62, a health official said Thursday. The two children died in the last 24 hours and six in the last five days …
The encephalitis-related deaths have acquired an alarming rate here. Between Wednesday and Thursday, a death was reported every two hours at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College. But it’s not the virus alone that is responsible for the spiraling death rate. Factors like shortage of ventilators and staff, unrest …
More than 400 people, mainly children, died in an outbreak of viral encephalitis in northern India, health officials said yesterday. So far 2,300 patients have been admitted to a hospital in the affected Gorakhpur area of Uttar Pradesh state. A doctor told the BBC that it was a "tragedy beyond …
‘Amounts to violation of right to life, survival and development' Taking suo motu cognizance of a large number of children dying due to Japanese Encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked the State Government to submit an action taken report on these …
With another person testing positive for Japanese Encephalitis, the number of people affected by the virus rose to five in the city. 30-year-old Ram Swarth, a resident of Inderpuri in southwest Delhi, is the fifth victim in the city to be diagnosed with the disease that primarily affects the central …
Source Of Disease Yet To Be Traced; More Diagnostic Centres To Be Set Up New Delhi: A fifth patient has tested positive for Japanese encephalitis, a deadly mosquito-borne disease that affects the brain. The blood sample of Ram Swarth, 30, a resident of Inderpuri in southwest Delhi, was examined at …
The Assam government on Sunday launched the country’s first-ever project of a vaccination drive against Japanese encephalitis, with a target of covering eight lakh people in the worst-affected Sivasagar district. The pilot project which would take ten days in the first phase to administer vaccination to eight lakh people - …
Gaya: At least 59 people have so far died of encephalitis in Gaya, according to Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College and Hospital (ANMMCH). The figure does not include villagers who died either during faith healing or fell victim to quacks. This year’s death toll has already crossed the 2008 figure, …
Guwahati: Assam on Sunday started adult vaccination programme for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Sivsagar district, becoming the first state to undertake adult vaccination in the country. State Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma inaugurated the programme at Geleki in the district. He urged all people aged above 15 years in …
Four confirmed cases of the disease reported With four confirmed cases of Japanese encephalitis being reported from Jehangirpuri and Bawana in the Capital, the Delhi Government on Tuesday swung into action and said it was committed to controlling the deadly disease. Health Minister A. K. Walia took a review meeting …
The encephalitis season has peaked again in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Centre has stepped up research and the UP government has sanctioned funds for a long-term treatment plan. Yet the original problem remains — identifying the exact virus behind a syndrome that sees patients testing negative for Japanese …
The steel city, which has been recently stung by Japanese encephalitis, is yet to get the medical kit from National Institute of Virology (NIV) for conducting confirmatory tests. The district surveillance office has written thrice to the Pune institute, which had sent teams to Jamshedpur twice after the outbreak of …
LUCKNOW: Mosquitoes are wreaking havoc in the city. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) claimed the life of one Zeeshan (11), who hailed from Gosainganj village, on Monday night. Another patient, Abhishek (4), is a resident of Telibagh area. He is under treatment. Confirming the news, the Lucknow chief medical officer (CMO) said, …
Blaming both the Central and state governments for ‘failing’ to control encephalitis deaths in eastern Uttar Pradesh, more than 500 people from seven affected districts on Sunday wrote letters in blood to the President, Prime Minister, the Union Health Minister, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi. …
Bihar is in the grip of yet another seasonal outbreak of encephalitis that has claimed the lives of at least 16 children in the Magadh division in less than three weeks. As on Sunday, the government-run Magadh Medical College and Hospital (ANMMCH) in Gaya district reported at least 65 admissions …
Guwahati: Assam health department will launch an experimental adult vaccination drive as a preventive against deadly Japanese encephalitis in Sivasagar district of Assam, according to Assam Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma. He said Assam would be the first state in the country to go for adult vaccination against the …
