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Medicos confirm Hepatitis-C outbreak in south Kashmir areas
6 Cases Detected In Magam Sonabarie
KHALID GUL
Islamabad, Jan 14: Doctors Monday confirmed the outbreak of Hepatitis-C in Magam Sonabarie area of Kokernag in this south Kashmir district. The medicos blamed chemists and diagnostics centers ?operating in unhygienic conditions? for spread of infection.
Reports said at least six cases of Hepatitis-C have been detected so far in Magam Sonabarie village and the medical team has been deputed to the area to prevent it from spreading further. ?We have already taken more than 100 samples from the area and today we went for mass screening of the village for serum diagnostic test,? said Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Anantnag (Islamabad) Dr Gulzar Ahmad...
Medicos confirm Hepatitis-C outbreak in south Kashmir areas
6 Cases Detected In Magam Sonabarie
KHALID GUL
Islamabad, Jan 14: Doctors Monday confirmed the outbreak of Hepatitis-C in Magam Sonabarie area of Kokernag in this south Kashmir district. The medicos blamed chemists and diagnostics centers ?operating in unhygienic conditions? for spread of infection.
Reports said at least six cases of Hepatitis-C have been detected so far in Magam Sonabarie village and the medical team has been deputed to the area to prevent it from spreading further. ?We have already taken more than 100 samples from the area and today we went for mass screening of the village for serum diagnostic test,? said Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Anantnag (Islamabad) Dr Gulzar Ahmad...
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