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Written By: Poorva Chavan | Updated : September 30, 2015 8:06 PM IST
The number of dengue cases have been on a steep rise in the country, especially in the national capital. The number of positive cases have reached around 2000 so far in Delhi and the government is doing all it can to prevent the spread of this deadly virus. However, the efforts seem to be falling short somewhere, with ever increasing prices of dengue tests, lack of infrastructure and hospitals denying admission to patients. For more news on dengue in India, stay updated with our live blog.
Sep 30, 2015 at 12:00 pm: HC reserves order on plea to control dengue outbreak
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a PIL filed by Congress leader Ajay Maken accusing the Aam Aadmi Party government and municipal corporations of not being vigilant to control dengue. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said: The order is reserved. We will pass appropriate order on immediate steps to be taken to deal with the dengue outbreak. Maken, through advocates Aman Panwar and Mudit Gupta, told the court that the Delhi government allocated Rs.81.52 crore towards malaria and dengue control programmes but released 50 percent funds to municipal corporations on September 22, a day after the court s intervention. Read more ...
Sep 30, 2015 at 11:50 am: Five more succumb to dengue in Delhi, official toll still 17
Five more people, including a 16-year-old boy, succumbed to dengue fever in the national capital on Tuesday. The number of dengue cases in 2015 is 5,000, highest in the last five years. While the number of official deaths still stand at 17, the unofficial toll confirmed by hospitals has crossed 70. Among the five patients, the first three patients included an eight-year-old girl from Mathura, a 13-year-old boy from Karolbagh, a 35-year-old woman from Sagarpur all died at Ram Manohar Lohiya hospital in the last 24 hours, while a seven-year-old girl succumbed to the vector-borne disease on Monday at the city s Safdarjung Hospital. Read more...
Sep 29, 2015 at 06:00 pm: Effect of dengue minimal in northeast India: Experts
Though the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which causes dengue, is found in abundance in the northeastern states, the deaths due to the disease are fortunately very minimal in the region, experts said here on Tuesday. During a recent official survey, it was found that in the urban and semi-urban areas of the northeastern states, the Aedes aegypti mosquito was found in abundant. However, the toll due to dengue is negligible in the northeastern states, Tripura health department official Pranab Chatterjee told reporters here. He said: Due to people s alertness and health personnel s seriousness, the death due to dengue is insignificant in the northeastern region. Read more...
Sep 29, 2015 at 11:48 am: Around 2 lakh houses in Delhi found positive for mosquito breeding, no. of cases reach 5,982 in September alone
The national capital and its adjoining areas have recorded 5,982 cases of dengue till September 26 while the toll stands at 17, authorities said on Monday. Unofficially, the toll figure confirmed by media reports stands at over 60. The number of dengue cases recorded so far are the highest since 2010 over 6,000 in 2010, 1,131 in 2011, 2,093 in 2012, 5,574 in 2013 and 995 in 2014. Even the cases of death recorded this year are the highest in comparison to the same time frame. The number of dengue deaths in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 were, respectively, 8, 8, 4, 6 and 3. Read more...
Sep 27, 2015 at 06:11 pm: Doctors at CGHS to provide consultation facilities to all due to rise in dengue cases
Doctors at the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) dispensaries in Delhi will provide consultation facilities to everyone irrespective of their being beneficiaries of the scheme or not in the wake of the spurt in dengue cases in the national capital, the government said on Sunday. Read more...
Sep 27, 2015 at 10:41 am: September Another child dies of dengue in Delhi, unofficial death toll rises to 29
Another dengue death was reported here on Saturday with a nine-year-old girl succumbing to the disease, hospital officials said. Her family members alleged she was refused admission by two private hospitals despite the government directions. Nistha Taneja, a resident of Malviya Nagar, died at Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj on Saturday. Read more...
September 25, 2015 at 07:36pm: Health Minister visits 7 hospitals to check arrangements to treat dengue
Dengue cases and death tolls due to dengue have been on a rise. Delhi is one of the most affected cities and other cities like Bihar and Mumbai have also been alerted about the disease. The government has also made an attempt to increase the number of beds to accommodate more patients and make sure that proper treatment is available to all patients. Read more...
September 25, 2015 at 04:06pm: Family reacts violently over infant s death, KEM doctors protest over the assault
Dengue cases and deaths due to dengue have not been slowing down. After Delhi, it s Mumbai that faces deaths due to dengue and this time, it claimed the life of a child. Resident doctors and students of Mumbai s King Edward Memorial Hospital and the Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College staged a protest here after three of their colleagues were allegedly assaulted by angry kin of a patient who had died of dengue fever early on Friday. The injured doctors were admitted to the hospital s ICU (intensive care unit) with serious injuries, said the protesting doctors. Read more...
September 25, 2015 at 10:24am: Dengue menace in Delhi Municipal corporation blames the lack of funds for their failure
Dengue has been wrecking havoc in the capital city for a while now. The number of positive cases has reached around 3000 and according to latest reports, the death toll has reached 30. The government had previously claimed that it was ready to tackle the dengue situation but lack of infrastructure in various hospital due to which many patients were denied admission and treatment followed by steep rise in dengue diagnostic tests just reveal how prepared the government is. Read more...
September 25, 2015 at 09:51am: BMC serves notice to Jeetendra & other Bollywood celebs for letting dengue mosquitoes to breed in their homes
In an aggressive attack on dengue, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has slapped notice or initiated legal action against film stars and celebrities as well as commoners with equal zeal, officials said on Thursday. In the past nine months, the BMC has served notice to 13,587 people and initiated 866 legal cases against them for ignoring civic warnings and allowing mosquitoes to breed in their homes or neighbourhood. Of all the dengue victims, in 80 percent of the cases, the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which is responsible for spreading dengue, has been found in the homes or in the immediate vicinity. Besides, in 70 percent of the cases, mosquito breeding sites have been discovered in posh areas like Malabar Hill, Juhu etc., an official said. Read more...
September 25, 2015 at 09:44am: Consume foods with vitamin D&E for speedy recovery after dengue Experts
Joint and muscular pain for several days after recovering from dengueis common, health experts said on Thursday. They urged people to consume food items containing Vitamin D and E for speedy recovery.They blamed the associated vitamin and mineral deficiency behind making the pain serious and debilitating in 80 percent of the cases. Several patients complain of muscle and joint pains for as long as two to three weeks after the disease has subsided. This is especially seen in the elderly, said S.K. Mundhra, head and senior consultant of Internal Medicine at Saroj Super Speciality Hospital. Read more...
September 24, 2015 at 10:45am: Baba Ramdev s natural remedies might NOT cure dengue, claims AIIMS
With the dengue crisis looming all over the country especially the national capital, quacks have been making quick bucks by claiming that goat milk can help cure dengue. Following this news, the goat milk prices escalated to Rs 2000 per litre. A few days after this Yog Guru Baba Ramdev also advocated the use of herbs like giloy, aloevera and papaya leaves to cure dengue. However, experts at AIIMS on Wednesday said that there was no scientific proof that herbs help fight dengue and have advised people to not fall prey to such news. Read more...
September 24, 2015 at 10:04am: Dengue in Delhi Discrepancies in data, are private hospitals at fault?
Dengue has been wrecking havoc in the capital for a few months now. According to the latest reports, over 2000 positive cases have been reported till now with around 20 casualties. However, these figures seem to be a little spurious taking into consideration the reports from other private hospitals. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has confirmed 17 deaths so far whereas a private hospital in the Capital has confirmed 21 deaths alone with a dozen of patients belonging to the national capital. Read more...
Sep 22, 2015 at 09:03 pm: Private hospitals in Gurgaon under scanner after overcharging dengue patients for treatment
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday said private hospitals cannot declare a patient as having dengue until that person s blood sample tests conducted at any government-run hospital confirm it to be positive. The government would soon issue a notification in this regard, he said, adding that few private hospitals in Haryana were confirming dengue fever on the basis of reports based on their own lab tests. There have been reports that a few private hospitals are spreading dengue scare to earn more from patients suffering from simple viral fever. The minister said the state government would soon issue a notification following which no private hospital would be allowed to claim a person to be dengue patient until it was confirmed by civil hospital test reports. Read more...
Sep 22, 2015 at 02:59 pm:Dengue outbreak: Time to take Swachh Bharat Abhiyan seriously
The surveys and online polls that throw up dismal figures in terms of the success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan may well give the opposition a handle to criticise the pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But sadly, what they do not realise is that the cleanliness programme that the prime minister initiated on the Gandhi Jayanti last year is something we urgently need. The project revolves around the fact that several diseases can be stamped out simply by improving sanitation in India. All sorts of disease-causing bugs, viruses, bacteria, protozoa and parasitic worms found in the faeces of infected people find their way into our bodies through contaminated soil and water and food handled by infected people. Read more...
Sep 22, 2015 at 10:13 am: Dengue in Delhi 3,791 positive cases, death toll reaches 17
There have been 3,791 dengue cases in the national capital, and 17 people have died due to the viral disease till September 19, the authorities said on Monday. The new figures released by the Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD) prompted Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain to call for an emergency meeting of all municipal commissioners on Monday evening to decide on how to control the rising dengue cases. As part of the initiatives, 55 dengue and fever clinics were made functional across the capital. Read more...
Sep 21, 2015 at 09:56 pm: Are private hospitals in Gurgaon taking advantage of the dengue outbreak?
Union health ministry a few weeks back directed the Delhi government to take action against private hospitals which are overcharging for conducting dengue tests. In a review meeting held with the hospital authorities, following the rise in the number of dengue cases, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda also instructed all hospitals private and Delhi government hospitals to increase the number of beds for dengue patients. A few private hospitals here are spreading dengue scare to earn more from patients suffering from simple viral fever. However, even after this warning some hospitals have not taken the advice seriously. Read more...
Sep 21, 2015 at 09: 30pm: Delhi dengue scare becomes deadlier 3000+ affected, 17 dies
Delhi is under the dengue scare since some months now. There have been 3,791 dengue cases in the national capital, and 17 people have died due to the viral disease till September 19, according to the new figures released by the Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD). This prompted Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain to call for an emergency meeting of all municipal commissioners on Monday evening to decide on how to control the rising dengue cases. Read more...
Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt. to explain the rising number of dengue cases
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the state government on a PIL accusing the AAP government and MCDs of not acting vigilantly and responsibly to control dengue, a mosquito-borne tropical disease. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by Congress leader Ajay Maken in the wake of dengue deaths and cases in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath sought the response from the Centre, Delhi government and municipal corporations of Delhi by September 24 and tagged the plea with other similar matter. Read more...
Sep 18, 2015 at 03: 55 pm: Navin Patnaik launches 24x7 dengue helpline for Odia patients in New Delhi
After the death of two Odia people in New Delhi due to denial of treatment by private hospitals, the Orissa state government on Thursday launched a 24x7 helpline in New Delhi to help non-resident Odias (NROs) in getting medical assistance in the national capital, according a report in the Times OF India. Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik tweeted bout this round-the-clock helpline- 011-24679201 which received at least seven complaints within two hours of launching.
It was also reported that over 2000 Odias in the Delhi are affected by dengue and most cases are reported from South Delhi. After the seven-year-old Avinash Rout died of dengue on September 7 due to denial of treatment by two private hospitals which was followed by the suicide of his parents, another Odia, Santanu Kumar Behera, of Soro in Balasore district, died of dengue in New Delhi late on Tuesday due to alleged medical negligence.
Sep 18, 2015 at 03:04 pm: A second dengue infection can be fatal Study
Amidst the dengue scare, a new study highlights the importance of robustly preventing the disease the second time. The study claims that a second dengue infection can be life threatening. This is because, for decades, scientists have thought that there are four genetically-distinct types of the deadly dengue virus. Now, a global consortium of laboratories has shown that far more important are the differences in the virus anti-genic properties the coats that the viruses wear that help our immune systems identify them. The discovery can now potentially answer the question about how the dengue virus evolves and, most importantly, why a first dengue infection is often mild while many second infections are life-threatening. Read more..
Sep 18, 2015 at 12:27 pm: New Delhi 2 more fall prey to dengue, death toll reaches 18 this year
Two more deaths, suspected to be from dengue, have been reported in the national capital, taking the toll so far to 18. However, officially the dengue deaths stand only at five. Parents of a three-and-half years old Neha Mathur alleged that their daughter died on Wednesday due to dengue. But two city hospitals did not recommend dengue tests for the girl, they added. Nine-year-old Sabreena Fatima died due to dengue at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Tuesday, said a hospital source. She was brought to the hospital from Abul Fazal Enclave in south Delhi. Read more..
Sep 18, 2015 at 11:58 am: Does Baba Ramdev s solution to beat dengue with ayurvedic products really work?
As Delhi grapples with dengue, Yoga teacher Ramdev claimed that ayurvedic products can increase the platelet count in patients suffering from the vector-borne fever faster than allopathic medicines. He advocated the use of medicinal herbs such as giloy and aloe vera to counter the virus, which has affected over 2,000 people in the national capital. He was speaking at a press conference on treatment of dengue through Ayurveda, where products from his firm Patanjali Ayurved were presented. Read more..
Sep 17, 2015 at 07:01 pm: Dengue Congress protests outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal s home
While there are so many people dying and suffering from Dengue, Congress activists on Thursday, protested outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s residence here to highlight the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government s alleged inefficiency in handling the rising cases of dengue in the national capital. The protestors were led by Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken. The protest followed comments by senior Congress leaders critical of the Delhi government s handling of the dengue outbreak in the national capital. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has reassured people earlier that the government is arranging for extra facilities so that all patients are treated. Read more..
Sep 16,2015 at 10.07 pm: Delhi govt. caps dengue test at Rs 600 to prevent private hospitals from over charging patients
The Delhi government has also asked private hospitals to keep the dengue testing cap at Rs.600. 'We have come to know that private hospitals are overcharging for dengue tests. That is why we've decided to fix a cap on these tests for the private hospitals and laboratories. Nobody can charge anything beyond this rate,' said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain. There are three tests for dengue -- NS1 antigen test, dengue antibody test and the platelet count test. The government has fixed a cap of Rs.600 each for the first two tests and Rs.50 for the platelet count test, the minister said. The state government has also instructed private hospitals to increase their bed count by 10-20 percent within a week.
Sep 16, 2015 at 09:40 am: Another kid in Delhi loses his life after being denied care by 4 hospitals
A week after a seven-year-old boy died of dengue in the national capital following hospital authorities callousness, another child died in the city on Sunday after four hospitals his hapless parents approached declined admission. Aman died on Sunday night after being denied admission by various hospitals, family members said on Tuesday. They blamed the hospitals apathy for his death. Our boy had a fever and we took him to Safdarjung Hospital but we were told by the hospital that the boy was healthy and that there was no problem, the boy s father Manoj Sharma told Times Now news channel. Read more..
Sep 15, 2015 at 08:29 pm: Haryana hospitals on high alert due to dengue scare
Medical colleges and hospitals across Haryana have been put on high alert following rising number of dengue cases in the state. Health Minister Anil Vij said on Monday that the health department and all medical colleges have been asked to remain on high alert. The state reported nearly 1,400 suspected dengue cases with over 400 cases have been confirmed so far, health officials said. Read more..
Sep 15, 2015 at 08:11 pm: This is insane: Goat milk price hits Rs 2000 promising cure for dengue
Union health ministry on Monday directed the Delhi government to take action against private hospitals which are overcharging patients for conducting dengue tests. As if this directive wasn t enough to stop authorities from squeezing money out of the poor, the traditional healers flagged off another shaky mission to cure dengue and churn out money from common people. Read more.
Sep 15, 2015 at 09:49 am: New Delhi Almost 2000 affected by dengue this year, govt. ramps up hospital facilities
Two more patients have died of dengue and over 600 fresh cases have been reported in the capital in the last one week taking the total to 1,872 this year even as Delhi Government ordered all its hospitals to open Fever Clinics to offer treatment to people affected by the vector-borne disease. With dengue cases assuming alarming proportions, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal the ordered health department to do everything posible to offer treatment to the affected people even as Centre directed Delhi Government to make available adequate quantity of platelets for the patients. Read more..
Sep 14, 2015 at 07:55 pm: Around 200 infected with dengue in Gurgaon
The number of people suffering from dengue fever in Gurgaon has risen to around 200, health authorities said on Monday. In our knowledge, the number of dengue patients in the city is 196. Only 13 such patients were admitted to the civil hospital, the hospital s chief medical officer Pushpa Bishnoi told IANS. Read more..
Sep 14, 2015 at 07:48 pm: Delhi hospitals under scanner for overcharging dengue patients
Union health ministry on Monday directed the Delhi government to take action against private hospitals which are overcharging for conducting dengue tests. In a review meeting held with the hospital authorities, following the rise in the number of dengue cases, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda also instructed all hospitals private and Delhi government hospitals to increase the number of beds for dengue patients Read more..
Sep 09, 2015 at 10:16 am: Rapid test kits for dengue inaccurate, govt. to ban them soon
The government plans to ban the sale of rapid diagnostic test kits used for quick detection of dengue infection as it does not provide accurate results, an official said on Tuesday. Talks are going on with experts of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). We may ban the sale of rapid diagnostic kits, which are believed not to be reliable, Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Jagdish Prasad told reporters here. Read more..
Sep 09, 2015 at 09:15 am: Is type-4 strain of dengue responsible for over 1,259 cases in Delhi?
Diseases like dengue wreck havoc every year affecting many. With the rising cases of the disease in the national capital, the health ministry had recently said that it was all ready to tackle the dengue menace and the efforts seem to have been fallen short. According to the latest reports, the number of cases in Delhi has touched a massive 1,259 till September 5 and it is the highest since 2010. According to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), there were only 33 dengue cases till September 5 last year. For the same period, the number was 255 in 2013, 17 in 2012 and 104 in 2011. In 2010, however, the number was 1,512. Read more--
Sep 03, 2015 at 10:35 am: Health Ministry geared up to tackle the dengue menace in Delhi
The union health ministry on Wednesday said it was gearing up to tackle the recent spurt in dengue cases in the national capital and other states and asked municipal authorities to coordinate towards this end. Health Minister J.P. Nadda has been personally reviewing the status of dengue in the country, an official release said. In addition to this, several meetings have been taken with municipal bodies, Delhi government officials, Delhi Cantonment Board and directors of central government hospitals in Delhi to review the situation and preparedness to address and manage dengue and not allow it to escalate. Read more..
Source: Agencies
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