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 …
The city may be fretting over a dengue outburst but malaria is not too far behind. This season it has claimed nine lives, which is one less from the year's official dengue casualty . It has also affected at least 10 times the number of people attacked by the dengue …
NAGPUR: A social worker has alleged dengue has affected over 10,000 people in city while 25 had died of the infection. Anil Agre made the charge in a public interest litigation filed with the high court here through counsel Srikant Khandalkar. The petition alleges absolute apathy and inaction on part …
NAGPUR: We may think of slums are unhygienic places but city's tony areas do worse in some respect. As city reels under an outbreak of dreaded dengue, a surprising fact has emerged that all the cases have come from relatively better off areas of the city. As the suspected dengue …
Despite various precautionary measures such as anti-mosquito spray and fumigation campaign, patients suffering from Dengue in Birgunj sub-metropolis are on the rise. As of Sunday, 60 patients have been diagnosed with the disease at Mangalam Diagnostic Centre. According to the centre manager and pathologist AN Thakur, all of the patients …
Nagpur: Expressing grave concern over jump in the number of deaths due to dengue, Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC) deputy director health Milind Ganvir to remain personally present during the next hearing a week later. A division bench of justices Bhushan Gavai …
Civic Officials Blame Delayed Winter, Lack Of Awareness Among Citizens For Spread Of Dengue Four thousand Mumbaikars suffered from dengue fever in October alone, admitted BMC officials after two months of repeated denials. Presenting a clearer picture of the dengue sweep across the city, municipal officials told reporters on Wednesday …
Dengue menace continues unabated in city, with number of cases crossing the unenviable mark of 500 in the state capital on Monday. Going by statistics of Centre's national vector-borne disease control programme (NVBDCP), there are just seven states, which have reported more cases than Bhopal city. According to an internal …
PMC Failed In Vector Surveillance The civic body's poor handling of dengue has drawn flak from civil society members and health activists, who have demanded that it should compensate families who have lost a member to dengue and also bear the expenses of hospitalisation of those admitted in private hospitals. …
KARACHI: Dengue prevention & control activities have slowed down in Sindh province due to the lack of coordination between hospitals and management of dengue control program, PPI learnt on Sunday.Well-informed sources confirmed that all dengue prevention & control activities have been slowed down in the province especially in Karachi city …
After the death of a resident doctor attached to the civic-run KEM hospital due to dengue on October 27, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not only issued a notice to the hospital but has intensified cleaning activities with regular fogging over the last three days. According to Dr Rajan …
The Madurai Corporation on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on a resident whose premises was found to be a potential breeding ground for mosquitoes. During a dengue prevention campaign at Sellur on Friday, officials found a potential mosquito breeding source at the residence of one Ramamoorthy. They imposed …
Five persons have died of dengue in Kaliachak in the last three days, district health department sources said here today. At least 30 others with dengue symptoms are presently undergoing treatment in the Malda Medical College Hospital (MMCH) and the Kaliachak block primary health centre, the sources said. The district …
BMC Favours Arresting People To Stem Disease The rising number of dengue cases across the city has prompted civic authorities to push for the arrest of people whose homes are breeding spots of the dengue-spreading Aedes aegypti, ‘Tiger’, mosquito. This was announced by the BMC’s director of medical education Dr …
The use of System Rice Intensification, an advanced methodology in paddy farming, has enabled farmers in Nepal, to double their output. Using this improved technology, farmers can grow paddy with less water and it has also helped to minimize production costs compared to the traditional way of farming. Read more …
Doubts Test's Accuracy To Detect Infection, Fears Wrong Treatment To Negative Cases The health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has urged the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to ban the sale of rapid diagnostic test kits for dengue, which are primarily used by private hospitals and pathology laboratories …
The number of patients diagnosed with dengue at city hospitals has crossed the 100 mark. A total of 107 patients have been diagnosed with dengue at the city hospitals, of whom 73 belong to Ludhiana, 29 to other districts and five are from other states. Today, two more patients from …
Health Dept meets private nursing home reps to review problem The Darjeeling district health department today held a review meeting on dengue with representatives of private nursing homes in Siliguri. The fever is suspected to have affected some persons in the town. District chief medical officer of health (CMOH) Dr …
There has been an increase of over 42 per cent in dengue cases in the national capital in the past one week, taking the total number of cases reported this season to over 200. A total of 225 cases has been reported in Delhi till October 18, while the figure …
If the state health department figures are to be believed, Mumbai reportedly has one of the highest number of dengue positive cases this year. As per the data, the city had 347 dengue cases from January till September, while Pimpri-Chinchwad corporation had 247, Thane corporation had 182 and Pune corporation …
Nagpur: With rapid increase in dengue patients, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to inspect households again on random basis and take severe action in case mosquito-breeding sites are identified at residences, schools, open plots etc. FIR will also be registered in case negligence is noticed on the part …
