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 …
Kokrajhar, Aug. 25: Another person died of Japanese encephalitis here today, taking the toll to four. Bimal Mondol, 35, of Saptagram in Dhubri district died at Kokrajhar Rupnath Brahma civil hospital, where he had been referred to after falling ill. Earlier, Judeswari Goyary, 55, of Khargaon village in Kokrajhar had …
KOKRAJHAR: The Japanese Encephalitis which has been spreading in a rapid manner has claimed the lives of seven people since July 13 in Kokrajhar district. Several patients have been admitted at RN Brahma Civil Hospital and many others have been referred to Bongaigaon for better treatment. Kokrajhar is now identified …
Encephalitis, which has assumed alarming proportions in different parts of Nalbari district has claimed seven lives within the last few days, an official source said. The encephalitis victims of the district have been identified as Sultan Mamood (45) of Chaulkhowa; Gajen Deka (55) of Diruah under Mukalmua Public Health Centre, …
GUWAHATI: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today held a protest programme in front of the Directorate of Health Services at Hengerabari in the city over alleged failure of the authorities to curb the menace of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the State. KMSS activists from all over the State took …
Jorhat, Aug. 2: The veterinary department here has brought out a leaflet of dos and don’ts for people residing in areas where pigs are reared to prevent the spread of Japanese encephalitis. The disease has killed more than 90 people in the two districts of Sivasagar and Jorhat so far. …
A mystery fever is stalking children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. As many as 47 children succumbed to the disease by June 29. Seventy-nine others, admitted in the two government hospitals in the district, were either undergoing treatment or had been discharged after treatment. The disease has been around in Muzaffarpur …
GUWAHATI, July 29 – The number of people who have died of encephalitis in the State has shot up to 147. Of them, 44 died of confirmed Japanese Encephalitis (JE). The number of districts affected by the disease has also soared up to 16, sources in the Health Department said. …
GUWAHATI, July 27 – Encephalitis-related death toll has shot up to 144 in the State. Of the people killed in the disease, 44 have been confirmed due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE), while the death of the rest are stated to be caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), said sources in …
Kohima: Japanese Encephalitis (JE), that killed over a hundred people in Assam, has now entered Dimapur where two cases have been detected. In a press note issued by Director Health and Family Welfare Dr R Imtimeren Jamir disclosed that two out of five samples collected from Dimapur for analysis at …
Kohima: Japanese Encephalitis (JE), that killed over a hundred people in Assam, has now entered Dimapur where two cases have been detected. In a press note issued by Director Health and Family Welfare Dr R Imtimeren Jamir disclosed that two out of five samples collected from Dimapur for analysis at …
The health department has decided to propose a mass adult vaccination drive in Sivasagar district for everyone above 15 years to curb the spread of encephalitis. The move comes in view of rising number of encephalitis cases in the district. Vaccination below 15 years is already being done across the …
Director of Health Services reviews fever situation The Health Department has directed its health supervisors to strengthen disease prevention and control activities at the field-level as viral fevers, including dengue and H1N1 cases, may go up as the monsoon intensifies. The Director of Health Services (DHS) convened a meeting on …
With the death toll in the mysterious disease rising to 47 on Sunday, the Bihar government is likely to declare it an epidemic. Under the epidemic Act, the Health Ministry will be empowered to take samples of brain tissues of the mystery disease victims. Six deaths have been reported during …
Priti, Nirjala, Sahil and Sonu, all three years old, Ajit (6), Anshu (4), Amarjit (8) and Shivani, just one and a half, were among the 15 children who have died of suspected encephalitis at Muzaffarpur
At least 22 children below the age of six years have died, and 35 others hospitalised during the past one week in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district due to a mystery disease, officials said. While four children died at the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), three others died at the …
LUCKNOW: With 512 children succumbing to the dreaded Japanese Encephalitis/ Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Gorakhpur Medical College alone this year, the demand for a National Encephalitis Eradication Programme gets louder in eastern UP. The deadly virus has claimed more than 10,000 lives in the belt since 2006. And, even …
Scientists at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) here are now engaged in developing an indigenous vaccine to counter Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus. The NIV has developed a candidate vaccine against it and joined hands with Bharat Biotech to upgrade the product and test it on humans, said Dr A …
ALREADY battling with Japanese Encephalitis, eastern Uttar Pradesh is now under the grip of a mystery fever. Till September 16 this year, 277 children died in 12 districts of the region. The physicians and scientists remain clueless about the genesis of the disease. Though a surge in deaths between July …
