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 …
Repeated Infections Reported The city’s dengue figure crossed 2,100 on Monday, with the municipal corporations reporting 400 cases in the last four days. The number of dengue deaths has also gone up to 10 – three patients confirmed positive through Elisa test and the rest through NS1 rapid kit test. …
Rajendra Kumar, Rajkot’s district collector, has had a first-hand experience of the disease his office is tracking. “On the very first day of fever, I had my blood tested to rule out dengue,” he says. “I was extremely weak and had to be hospitalised in the first week of September.” …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) registered two more dengue cases on Saturday, taking the total to 120 — the highest recorded in a month. So far, 398 cases have been recorded this year. “Till September 29, as many as 120 people have been tested positive for dengue, whereas last month …
Swat acting deputy commissioner Farrukh Attique on Sunday claimed that dengue positive cases had been reduced by 50 per cent due to public awareness about the mosquito-borne disease. Addressing a press briefing at his office here Mr Attique said that change in weather by October 15 would also cause drop …
A spike in the number of dengue cases reported in the capital over the past one month prompted Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to hold a review meeting with senior officials from the Delhi government and municipal bodies on Thursday. According to data presented at the meeting, 889 cases …
Wants More Beds, Platelets In Hospitals Terming the spread of dengue in the capital as alarming, union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday ordered the state to take immediate actions like increasing beds for dengue patients and ensuring availability of platelets in hospitals. The health minister held an emergency …
At least 18 more persons tested positive for dengue at Sawai Man Singh hospital on Wednesday. SMS hospital medical superintendent Dr Virendra Singh said, "Cases of dengue have increased this year in comparison to last year. We have issued directions that there should be proper arrangement for treatment of dengue …
Respiratory Infections Compound Dengue Woes Several viral infections are making their presence felt among Mumbaikars, besides the killer dengue. City doctors report a surge in respiratory infections, conjunctivitis and skin rashes. What’s more, experts say many patients have reported more than one problem. For instance, Neelu Gupta (38), a south-Mumbai …
As many as 53 confirmed and nearly 250 suspected dengue cases have been reported from Karnal alone. Civil Surgeon Vandana Bhatia said stagnant water was responsible for the spread of malaria and dengue. She said free test facilities were being provided at 19 primary health centres, six community health centres …
The spike in dengue cases this year in the national Capital has left the city health authorities in a tizzy, with over 110 cases on an average in a day during the four days till September 23. The Delhi Government on its part today issued a circular to all the …
In an order passed on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court blamed “unhygienic and unfriendly ecological behaviour by the residents of Delhi” for the recurrence of vector-borne diseases. Noting that “no health programme for eradication of disease can succeed without the active cooperation and participation of citizens,” the High Court bench …
Nineteen more dengue viral fever cases were detected in Karachi on Wednesday, increasing the patients’ toll to 1388 this year, said Dr M Shakeel Aamir Mullick Focal Person for Dengue Surveillance Cell Sindh. Mullick said a total of 1577 dengue fever cases have been reported in Sindh province Since January …
An emergency meeting of the Central Zone of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday unanimously decided to organise door-to-door dengue control checks with the help of domestic breeding checkers . The meeting was called by Central Zone Chairman Virender Kasana and was attended by 20 councillors and civic body …
The dengue infection Tuesday claimed three more lives in the district after which the death toll reached 24 while 6,000 persons had been found dengue positive in Mingora and adjacent areas. Spokesman of Saidu Sharif Hospital (STH) Dr Wasel Khan said that as many as 246 patients were under treatment …
Two North corporation health officials from Rohini were suspended on Tuesday after four patients with symptoms of dengue succumbed to the disease a few hours after they were brought to the hospital. Mayank Sharma, Additional Commissioner (Health), North corporation, said, “We are yet to confirm if they were patients of …
The district for the past month has been gripped by dengue, a viral disease, transmitted primarily by mosquitoes. Unlike previous years, the disease has witnessed a sharp increase this year, almost taking the form of a pandemic. The disease has mostly been found in locals from Nagwa, Bhiswa, Inarwa, and …
Experts Say Improvement Likely Only In December Disease specialists in the city are a worried lot, with the fresh spell of rains and so is the municipal health department. They expect that the fresh rain spell will lead to more number of cases of dengue, malaria and chikungunya — if …
Four persons were tested positive for dengue here on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 50 this year. In the first three weeks of September, about half-a-dozen people have tested positive for dengue every week, according to government data. Dengue has led to three deaths in Bhopal this …
Delhi has reported 443 new dengue cases since Friday taking the total number of cases this season to 1,355 with the official death toll standing at two. However, figures released by private hospitals claim the city has reported five deaths this season. “Delhi has recorded an almost 50 per cent …
New Delhi: More than 1,000 dengue cases were reported in the past three weeks, underlining the alarming spread of the disease in the city. Of these, 443 cases have come in the last four days alone. By contrast, there were 66 dengue cases in the whole of last year and …
