Jharkhand: Viral fever - chikungunya and dengue identified; "most common virus is influenza", 5 fatalities suspected; soldier dies of malaria around 100 others ill

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Re: Jamshedpur: Very large number of febrile illnesses - chikungunya and dengue identified; "most common virus is influenza", 5 fatalities suspected; soldier dies of "viral fever" around 100 others ill

Malaria alert in CRPF, one dead
August 21, 2011 11:02:03 PM

Jamshedpur / Ranchi

Reporters: Parvinder Bhatia / Malabika Dhar

More than bullets it is the humble mosquito that now poses a threat to the CRPF personnel engaged in fighting the Maoist insurrectionaries in Saranda forests. Malaria has created much trouble among the people of the State and now, as usual, it is the jawans? lot to bear the brunt of the misery.

More than 70 jawans have been admitted to Jharkhand?s premier hospital Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in the last three days. Meanwhile, a CRPF jawan from Haryana deputed at Saranda, Virendra Kumar Saini (30), died on the way to RIMS. He was under treatment at Patna Medical College and Hospital. Saini belonged to the 209th COBRA battalion and succumbed to his ailment while on way from Jamshedpur to Ranchi.

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Re: Jamshedpur: Very large number of febrile illnesses - chikungunya and dengue identified; "most common virus is influenza", 5 fatalities suspected; soldier dies of "viral fever" (possibly malaria) around 100 others ill

20 more shifted to RIMS
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Twenty CRPF jawans undergoing treatment for malaria at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital in Jamshedpur were shifted to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on Monday.

The decision to shift the men to the capital was taken by the paramilitary force to ensure better treatment and proper monitoring of the ailing jawans.

?The jawans have been shifted to RIMS for better treatment, though none of the cases are serious,? said R.Y. Choudhary, the superintendent in-charge of the hospital. Two jawans had been discharged from the hospital, he added

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Viral fever hits shut factory staff hard
TNN | Aug 26, 2011, 01.19PM IST

RAMGARH: Hundreds of people, including women in residential colony of Indo-Asahi Glass factory in Bhadani Nagar, under Patratu block of Ramgarh district are suffering from chikunguniya and viral fever but have no means to get themselves treated by private doctors or even buy medicines.

The glass firm has been closed for a long time now and workers of the factory have been rendered jobless. Md Kamar Alam, an employee of the closed factory, who is also suffering from high fever and joint pain since weeks, said that he had no money for treatment as he is jobless after the factory was closed. Every house at the IAG colony has a patient suffering from these diseases.

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