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Odisha dengue toll 3, Govt to bear medicine cost of poor
STAFF WRITER 21:43 HRS IST
Bhubaneswar, Sept 4 (PTI) Odisha government today decided to bear the cost of medicine and treatment of the poor people afflicted by Dengue which has so far claimed three lives and with at least 100 people testing positive in the state.
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Andhra: Dengue claims scientist, two others
Dailybhaskar.com | Sep 05, 2012, 03:32AM IST
Hyderabad: Three persons, including a horticulture scientist, have died of viral fever in Andhra Pradesh in the last 48 hours.
P Chandana (26), working as a scientist at Krishi Vignana Kendra at Venkataramannagudem under Tadepalligudem mandal, died of viral fever while on her way to the government hospital at Kakinada for treatment on Monday night.
According to unconfirmed reports, she died of dengue.
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Three children die of mysterious fever in Malda
PTI
Malda, September 05, 2012
First Published: 11:58 IST(5/9/2012)
Last Updated: 11:59 IST(5/9/2012)
Three children have died of a mysterious fever, suspected to be dengue, while 200 others have been admitted to the Malda district hospital, officials said on Wednesday.
15-year-old Shefali Khatun and two minor boys, one of who hails from the neighbouring South Dinajpur district, died at the paediatric ward of the district hospital on Tuesday.
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West Bengal;
Unofficially the toll is above 20 - Ro
Dengue death toll rises to four in city
STAFF WRITER 21:36 HRS IST
Kolkata, Sep 5 (PTI) Dengue claimed another life in the metropolis today with the toll rising to four as the vector- borne disease raged virulently in the city and adjoining Bidhannagar satellite township.
Alarmed at dengue spread, Centre rushes experts team
Subhendu Maiti, Hindustan Times
Kolkata, September 06, 2012
First Published: 12:45 IST(6/9/2012)
Last Updated: 12:51 IST(6/9/2012)
Although chief minister Mamata Banerjee recently played down the dengue scourge in the city and accused the media of spreading panic, the Union health ministry is alarmed at the outbreak and has rushed an experts? team to Kolkata to provide technical help to the struggling administration.
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Dengue is raging unabated in Kolkata. With three more unconfirmed dengue deaths during the day, the toll in Kolkata has risen to 24, although the state government maintains that only three have died of the disease statewide.
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West Bengal Dengue Update: Toll rises to 7890
Sep 6, 2012 at 12:31 PM
West Bengal is still grappling against dengue, which is proving to a losing battle. The official dengue toll in West Bengal has risen to four with the disease striking 789 people, according to the state health department Wednesday.
A 47-year-old woman, who died at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital Sep 1, has been diagnosed as a dengue victim after her reports confirmed that she had the disease.
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One More Fever Death in Malda, Encephalitis Fear Too Looms Large in Dist
Malda, September 6, 2012: After viral fever and dengue, Malda has now recorded encephalitis. With the mother of a district Trinamul Congress leader falling into encephalitis, health administration has naturally taken this seriously. Meanwhile, fever claimed another life in hospital today when the concerned civic body has held a workshop to battle dengue. The doctors of the hospital were cancelled their leaves to take on the rising number of fever patients. It has been learnt from a senior officer of district health administrations that 28 patients suffering from fever are being suspected with dengue.
Puden Soren (42) of Old Malda died today suffering from fever. His family claimed that for last 4-5 dasy Puden was suffering from fever and when the temperature was abnormally high this morning, Puden was taken to Malda Medical College and Hospital around 10 am today. But at 11.30 am he succumbed to his fever. Though private sources claimed him to be the second victim of Dengue in the district, hospital authorities rubbished the speculation.
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20 found to be dengue reactive in Birbhum, boy dies
Press Trust of India / Suri (WB) September 06, 2012, 19:55
As many as 20 persons have so far been found 'dengue reactive' with a three-year-old boy dying of fever today in a hospital in Birbhum district, official sources said.
The boy from Tangsuli village near here who was admitted to the Suri Hospital with fever and other ailments died, Acting CMOH Arunlal Mondal said.
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In a first, NIV to kickstart dengue burden study from city
Anuradha Mascarenhas
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 at 0153 hrs IST
In view of the large number of dengue cases in the country, the National Institute of Virology (NIV) is studying, for the first time, the disease burden to assess its economic impact on the government and individuals. It will kickstart with a pilot study at two sites in and around Pune, before it is expanded to cover other areas of the country.
Till August this year, 11,465 cases have been reported in the country and 83 deaths were reported including 18 in Karnataka, 39 in Tamil Nadu, nine in Kerala and six in Maharashtra. Recent deaths were reported in West Bengal where Dengue-3 and Dengue-4 strains have been co-circulating.
Five dengue-like-fever deaths occurred in Jalgaon in Maharashtra and three samples tested positive, NIV officials said.
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Mosquito larvae found in college lab, AC machine
TNN | Sep 8, 2012, 05.07AM IST
KOLKATA: Mosquito larvae were found at the Rajabazar Science College campus on Friday, confirming fears that the Calcutta University-affiliated institute has turned into a dengue breeding ground. A Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) team inspected the campus and found larvae in a broken basin and some apparatus inside the chemistry laboratory, in an AC machine, in clogged drains and a gully pit. Larvae were also discovered in other laboratory apparatus, sending shockwaves among teachers and research scholars, many of whom spend close to 10 hours at the chemistry laboratory.
The KMC has asked the college to clean up the campus within a week, failing which action would be taken. A research scholar and a teacher of the college died of dengue this week.
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West Bengal Dengue Update: Toll crosses 10000
Sep 9, 2012 at 9:18 AM
The dengue outbreak in West Bengal has affected over 1,000 people though the number of deaths remains at five, according to state health department data on Saturday. The total number of people afflicted with the mosquito-borne disease has mounted to 1,125, of whom 720 are from worst-hit Kolkata. All the five deaths have been reported from the metropolis. The neighbouring North 24 Parganas district has recorded 183 dengue cases. Seventeen of the state?s 19 districts have been hit by the virus that is carried into the human body by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
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10 persons reportedly succumb to dengue; 35 cases confirmed positive
Hundreds of people are falling sick across the district due to seasonal ailments and a good number of them are suspected cases of dengue. Over 10 persons have died in the last three days and they are believed to be cases of dengue.
As the district continues to reel under the impact of fevers, the Medical & Health Department is making all-out efforts to retrieve the situation.
The Microbiology Department at Guntur Medical College, which has been notified as the nodal agency for ascertaining dengue cases, is receiving a steady stream of blood samples of patients suspected to be suffering from dengue fever
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443 confirmed dengue cases in city
STAFF WRITER 18:38 HRS IST
Kolkata, Sep 10 (PTI) Altogether 443 confirmed dengue cases were reported in the city area, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Mayor-In-Council Atin Ghosh said today.
While 1641 cases were reported in preliminary tests, the KMC was toying with the idea to recruit retired doctors on a contractual basis, Ghosh said.
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Three more dengue deaths take toll to 22
TNN | Sep 10, 2012, 05.12AM IST
KOLKATA: The dengue toll in the city rose to 22 with three more deaths reported on Sunday, including that of footballer Ranjit Halder, who died in a private city hospital.
While Asim Biswas, a resident of mayor Sovon Chatterjee's ward, died in a private nursing home on Sunday, Budge Budge's Noor Mohammed Molla, 68, died in M R Bangoor hospital on Saturday afternoon, a day after he was shifted to the hospital. A resident of Santoshpur village in Budge Budge, Molla had tested positive for dengue at the Vidyasagar Hospital in Behala and was moved to Bangoor on Friday.
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The dengue toll in the city rose to 22 with three more deaths reported on Sunday, including that of footballer Ranjit Halder, who died in a private ci
Odisha
Two dengue cases detected in Jharsuguda
By Express News Service - JHARSUGUDA 10th September 2012 12:22 PM
Two dengue cases have been identified from Laikera and Brajrajnagar areas in Jharsuguda. Last year, nine persons had died of dengue while 22 were affected by it in the district.
Sources said blood samples of two persons - Tulsi Kalet of Laikera and R K Yadav of Brajrajnagar - were found positive for dengue on Saturday.
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Delhi
Over 150 dengue cases reported, civic bodies play down figures
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, September 10, 2012
First Published: 23:35 IST(10/9/2012)
Last Updated: 23:35 IST(10/9/2012)
Dengue has made a comeback in the Capital, though with a much milder strain. The combined data from three Municipal Corporation's of Delhi (MCD), which maintains data of all vector-borne diseases, says that only 11 positive cases were registered this year. Even private hospitals, usually flooded with dengue and malaria cases around this time of the year, have not seen many hospitalisations so far.
Prominent private hospitals in the city have reported more than 150 cases of dengue since January this year. "The numbers are not very high this year. I have not seen more than one or two cases in a month and even those are of very mild strain," said SP Byotra, chairman, department of medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
The MCD defended its low count. "We do not count cases outside Delhi. Private hospitals often get cases from the NCR, which technically are not Delhi cases," said NK Yadav, health officer, department of public health, MCD.
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Girl dies of Dengue
Pudukkottai | Monday, Sep 10 2012 IST
A seven-year-old girl died due to suspected dengue fever at Kothamangalam Village, near here, last night. Police said the victim was identified as Thanshri, daughter of Mohandoss employeed at Singapore.
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West Bengal:
2 more dengue deaths in state
Sep 11, 2012 | Age Correspondent
The death toll due to dengue fever continues to rise in the city as well as the state.
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With these, the death toll unofficially rose to 34 in the state of which 24 are from Kolkata. However, the state government continued with their recorded version that only five people had died of dengue shock syndrome and minister of state for health Chandrima Bhattacharya said that rumours were being spread over the death toll.
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GUJARAT
PANCHMAHAL
Dengue. Block: Halol,PHC:KANJARI,Village:PP Unit Halol. 1 case 1 fatality 10/09/2012 2012-09-12 12:45:09 44473 Most likely the Collection of Water in house containers. Dengue ve. Fever Surveillance in affected area. Anti larval activity in affected area. Fogging in affected area.IEC activity, Empty the coolers, vessels and keep them Investigation Open
Dengue takes its toll in Arunachal
PTI | 03:09 PM,Sep 12,2012
Itanagar, Sep 12 (PTI) Dengue claimed its first victim in Arunachal Pradesh with a seven-year-old girl succumbing to complications from the disease near here. The victim Punya Tana of remote Pakke Kessang in East Kameng district died at the Arunachal State Hospital on September 8 following complications from dengue fever, a health department communique said here today. Dengue has also spread in different parts of the state as many such cases have been reported from places like Pakke Kessang, Balijan, Sagalee and even Capital Complex.
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Dengue not in epidemic form in Odisha: Govt
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012,14:10
Berhampur: Altogether 200 dengue cases have been reported in Odisha, health officials said today but claimed that it was not spreading in an epidemic form.
"The disease is not spreading like an epidemic. Dengue cases are reported in sporadic manner," Director of Health services Dr Tibikram Panda said here.
Panda and the Joint Director Health and in-charge of vector borne disease Dr Nirmala Kumari Dei visited Ganjam district, worst affected by dengue.
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Bengal - Over 1,200 Now Down With Dengue
Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 1:19 PM
According to state health department data the dengue outbreak in West Bengal has now affected over 1,200 people though the number of deaths remains at five.
The total number of people afflicted with the mosquito-borne disease has mounted to 1,224, of whom 766 are from the worst-hit c. All the five deaths have been reported from the metropolis.
The neighboring North 24 Parganas district has recorded 188 dengue cases.
Seventeen of the state's 19 districts have been hit by the virus that is carried into the human body by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
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Chhattisgarh
RAIPUR Dengue Mana Camp & Purani Basti & New Kavita Nagar & Nawapara & Police Line Raipur 5 cases 1 fatality 03/09/2012 2012-09-13 11:21:51 22000 2 Patient admitted in RK Care Hospital,Raipur, and 3 patient admitted in Bheem Rao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital Raipur between 03.09.12 to 09.09.12.One patient Mr. Mukund Lal Sahu 59M from Bagdehi Mohalla,Nawapara,Block-Abhanpur,Raipur which was admitted in RK Care Hospital,Raipur was died on 06.09.12. Lab Test by Ram Krishna Care Hospital Raipur that serological test by dengue NS1 antigen was found positive in one patient and Anti Dengue(IgM) was found found positive in Mukund Lal Sahu and Lab Test by Pt.JNM Medical College,Raipur that serological test by dengue NS1 antigen was found positive in two patient and Anti Dengue(IgM & IgG) was found positive in one patient. Survey in all affected area house to house visit done by District Malaria Officer Team and Epidemic Combact Team.And create awareness in community to prevent dengue in that area.One patient Mr. Mukund Lal Sahu 59M from Bagdehi Mohalla,Nawapara,Block-Abhanpur,Raipur which was admitted in RK Care Hospital,Raipur on 050912 due to fever and abdominal pain,he was working on tourism office and one day he was died on 06.09.12. Investigation Open Health team working in the affected area.
MAHARASHTRA
DHULE Dengue ? At.Village - Nane, PHC - Borkund,Taluka & District - Dhule 49 cases 1 fatality 05/09/2012 2012-09-13 10:48:09 2646 1) Irregular surveillance 2) Lack of container survey 3) Blocked drainages and gutters 4) Increase in Aedes Aegypti larva density and mosquito. Nil 1) Immediate active surveillance. 2) Regular container survey 3) Isolation ward opened and given treatment. 4) Instructed grampanchyat to clean blocked drainages and gutters 5) Abating and fogging 6) Dry day 7) Detection and elimination of mosquito breeding places 8) Health Education. Investigation Open Nil
Dengue At. Jamnagiri Road, Dhule city Taluka & District - Dhule 1 0 01/08/2012 2012-09-13 13:08:09 4900 1) Irregular surveillance 2) Lack of container survey 3) Blocked drainages and gutters 4) Increase in Aedes Aegypti larva density and mosquito. 1 Dengue Positive 1) Immediate active surveillance. 2) Regular container survey 3) Instructed corporation staff to clean blocked drainages and gutters. 4) Biological measure taken 5) Abating and fogging 6) Dry day 7) Detection and elimination of mosquito breeding places 8) Health Education. Investigation Open Nil
THANE Dengue Fever Kalyan Corp.,(KDMC) Manjunath ,Patharli 2 0 16/06/2012 2012-09-13 15:42:40 10714 2 blood serum samples sent to NIV Pune for further testingon 22nd June 2012 and both found positive .Houses Surveyed-319,Houses found Aedes positive-7,Containers Surveyed- 638,Containers found positive-7HI-2.1,BI- 2.1 ,CI - 1.09 2 blood serum samples sent to NIV Pune for further testingon 22nd June 2012 and both found positive IEC activities and Control measures(Spraying and fogging) and Active Daily Surveillance for new fever cases, Breeding places of mosquitoes and destroying the larvae done.Container Survey. Fogging Date 19& 20612 & Spraying Date 19612 -195 Houses Investigation Closed KDMC reported to DMO office Thane on 24th July 2012 and got information from DMO Thane.This Outbreak reported to CSU through SSU via Email on 24th July 2012
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