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 …
Even as 26 districts out of 27 in Assam continued to reel from Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, Dima Hasao remained free from the outbreak with no new positive cases or any deaths reported from the district till Tuesday. As for the rest of Assam, two more adults succumbed …
The dreaded “silent killer” —- encephalitis —- has once again struck Uttar Pradesh in a hard way with the state recording a 26.5 per cent rise in the cases so far compared to last year. To take stock of the efforts to contain the disease, minister of state for health …
The death toll of adults suffering from Japanese encephalitis in the state is being considered exceptional in the global context. Japanese encephalitis mostly affects children and young infants, but the anomalous case of adults contracting it in Assam has compelled researchers and health experts to admit that proper evaluation and …
Dreaded encephalitis has continued to take its toll on West Bengal while an utterly unprepared State Government has continued to “monitor the situation” helplessly. The State reported six more deaths on Wednesday taking the toll to 206 since January. It is another matter that the Health Department gave a more …
On a day Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan put the death toll in West Bengal due to encephalitis at 208, the state government Monday suspended North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) principal Anup Kumar Roy for alleged dereliction of duty. Confirming Roy’s suspension, state health services director Biswaranjan …
The Mamata Banerjee government's handling of encephalitis in North Bengal came for a blistering attack from the CPI-M, the BJP and the Congress members in the Lok Sabha today even as the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said tackling encephalitis was tougher than dealing with polio and malaria because …
Around 700 people have lost their lives due to encephalitis that has hit four States, including Assam and West Bengal, the Government said in the Lok Sabha on Monday as the members demanded that the disease be declared as an epidemic. So far, the disease has claimed 208 lives in …
Disease spreads to south Bengal claiming two lives in Bankura, Murshidabad With over 200 deaths reported because of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in West Bengal, the State government has urged the Centre to allow it to go in for adult vaccination programme to arrest the disease. …
Biratnagar, Aug 5: A youth has died of Japanese encephalitis at Shanischare of Morang last night. According to the Public Health Office, Morang, Nphara Limbu of Shanishchare in the district succumbed to the tropical disease. Similarly, Deepak Khadka of the same locality has fallen sick due to the same disease …
The Arunachal health department said it has taken steps to prevent the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the state and is closely monitoring the current situation. The department requested people to be calm and cooperate in vector-control. Explaining that the treatment of JE is symptomatic and medicines are available …
GUWAHATI: As the state government considers a proposal to acquire sufficient amount of the attenuated SA 14-14-2 Chinese-made Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, Assam continues to reel from the epidemic, with a total of 497 Japanese Encephalitis cases and 1,322 Acute Encephalitis Syndrome cases being reported as on Wednesday. While the state …
A two-and-half-yearold boy has died of encephalitis at a state-run hospital in Kolkata, triggering fears that the outbreak that has killed 135 people in North Bengal may be creeping towards the city . The news broke on Wednesday even as five more persons died of encephalitis in North Bengal Medical …
The death of a two-year-old baby from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in NRS medical college and hospital on Wednesday has set off the panic alarm as the disease, which is wreaking havoc in north Bengal over the past few weeks, now seems to be inching closer to the state capital. Pratik …
Suspension Of Health Officials Scares Docs The state government appears to be working on a war footing to control encephalitis outbreak in North Bengal; not through civic measures but by gagging doctors and health officials to stop deaths being reported to the outside world. The over-riding concern of Swastha Bhavan, …
With encephalitis deaths being reported from South Bengal districts as well, the Union Health Ministry has decided to send a team to districts like Purulia, Bankura and Murshidabad to assess the current situation. Senior officials of the Union Health Ministry added that the team will reach Kolkata in the next …
Only six patients admitted to NBMCH in 24 hours: Director of Health Services Even as senior health officials said on Monday that the situation due to outbreak on encephalitis in north Bengal is under control, they pointed out that the death toll because of the disease has touched 119 . …
With one more person dying in North Dinajpore of suspected encephalitis on Monday, the state’s death toll due to the disease reached 120. North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb held meetings with district administration and subdivision administration members. “We had discussed several ways of spreading awareness as far as the …
A team of researchers from Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) in Puducherry and Pondicherry University has discovered bacteria in bird droppings that can kill mosquitoes. They have proposed to develop an anti-mosquito formulation using these bacteria, which can replace insecticides. The team, which conducted a three-year study , analysed 1,000 …
A team from Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, Delhi, which visited North Bengal to ascertain the reasons behind the encephalitis deaths found that most patients suffering from high fever for quite a long time had died. The team found that as a result of the prolonged high fever, the patient's …
