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 …
Lucknow: Spurt in dengue cases in the city has sent the demand for platelets—a human blood component which is the mainstay for treatment in severe cases—soaring. As per estimates, a five-fold increase has been recorded at the state blood bank in King George’s Medical Unit and other government blood banks. …
At least 24 more dengue viral fever cases were reported in the city on Monday, increasing the number of patients to 1,309 this year, said Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell Focal Person Dr Shakeel Mullick. He also said that 42 dengue patients were still admitted to different hospitals of Sindh, while …
JAIPUR: The health department along with Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) began fogging two days ago to prevent mosquitoes from breeding. The city has only one fogging machine, which had not been repaired. Now, the JMC has repaired it and started fogging in the city. Sawai Man Singh hospital spokesperson Dr …
The death toll from dengue fever in the district reached to 19 as another patient died at Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital here on Sunday. According to Dr Wasil Khan, the focal person for dengue emergency unit, Anwar Ali died of dengue at hospital. He added that 22-year-old patient died …
As many as 25 new dengue cases were reported on Saturday. As per the data provided by the microbiology department of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College (GSVM), 25 new dengue cases were reported in the past 48 hours. The total dengue patients reported here since August 8 is 184. …
As many as 45 dengue cases have come to light in the last six days. With this, the total number of dengue positive patients for the state capital stands at 169. The list of affected includes Kalraj Mishra, the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Lucknow East. But, if cases from …
The authorities in Swat Valley have declared a health emergency after nearly 5,000 cases of dengue fever were reported in a month. The virus, borne by mosquitoes which breed in stagnant water, has killed 17 people in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa since August 19, 14 of them in Swat. Doctors said the number …
New Delhi : Te number of dengue cases reported in the capital this year shot up by another 400 cases in a single day on Friday. The municipal corporation authorities also confirmed two deaths from dengue this month and attributed another three deaths, including that a municipal employee who worked …
New Delhi: The municipal corporation came up with fresh figures on dengue cases on Thursday, two days after TOI reported about gross underreporting of the cases in the capital. After maintaining that there have been no deaths, the civic body now said that there have been five dengue deaths this …
With the detection of 23 fresh dengue positive cases at Noorsarai and 17 at Islampur in Nalanda district in the last three days, the total number of dengue positive cases detected in the district since its outbreak some 15 days back, crossed the 100 mark. Most of these patients have …
Three more patients from the district, who were under treatment at the ESI Hospital, Ludhiana, tested positive for dengue today. The patients, all male, belonged to Jugiana, Sherpur and Gobindgarh (Sahnewal). With this, the number of dengue cases reported form the district so far this season has reached 44, while …
New Delhi: The spurt in dengue cases in the city has sent the demand for platelets—a human blood component which is the mainstay for treatment in severe cases—soaring. According to the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS)—the largest source of voluntary blood donors in Delhi—more than 100 units of platelets are …
Total 49 dengue cases were reported in Mardan Medical Complex (MMC), Professor Dr Ameer Khan, Medical Specialist at the MMC and In-charge of the Dengue Ward, told The Nation. He said that among 49 dengue patients, 11 were female and one child, were admitted to the ward. He said that …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has generated a country-wide ‘public health alert’ to stop the use of substandard insecticides, fearing that the WHO-approved products will no longer be effective to eliminate mosquitoes spreading dengue virus if this practice is not checked immediately. It has particularly addressed the Punjab government to …
The civic health body has recorded more than 200 cases of malaria every week since June. In September, 437 cases have been registered till date. While July recorded 1,076 cases of malaria, 1,302 cases were reported in August. BMC's deputy chief executive health officer, Dr Mangala Gomare said a steady …
New Delhi: The municipal corporations’ claims about the dengue outbreak being ‘under control’ could be a result of inefficient collection of patient data from hospitals. A recent report on dengue cases compiled by the various municipal corporations — North, South and East — shows that several big hospitals, including Hindu …
AHMEDABAD: The rise of mosquito-related illnesses has caused an alarm in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department. In the last fortnight, the department has detected 235 cases of dengue. The authorities claim that there has been a steep rise in the numbers because they have drawn in more than …
Mumbai: Three wards in the city have reportedly witnessed a sudden spurt in dengue cases in the last seven days. Doctors from Bhandup, Vikhroli, Vile Parle, Khar and Goregaon have already alerted the BMC about the rise. Civic executive health officer Dr Arun Bamne also confirmed about being told about …
Another 88 dengue cases were reported in country on Tuesday. In Karachi, the Sindh Health Department Dengue Surveillance Cell confirmed 74 cases, taking the toll to 1,318 during this year,. In Lahore, 14 were tested positive for dengue at different hospitals on Tuesday, taking the number of confirmed cases in …
Dengue fever on Tuesday claimed three more lives in Swat district taking the toll to 18. Dr Wasil Khan, focal person for dengue emergency unit at Saidu hospital here, confirmed that two dengue patients died at the hospital while one expired at Peshawar. He identified them as Sher Ali, 50, …
