Dengue
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High alert on dengue sounded in Bihar: Health Minister
National | Sep 17, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTPatna: The Bihar government has sounded a high dengue alert after reports of over 200 cases and directed health officials to initiate preventive measures and provide treatment to patients, Bihar Health Minister Ramdhani Singh said
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Dengue kills three more in Delhi, government caps tests at Rs.600
India | Sep 17, 2015, 07:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: Dengue claimed the lives of three more people in the national capital -- a 41-year-old woman, a seven-year-old boy and a 14-year-old -- taking the toll to 16, even though officially the toll
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Mounting cases of dengue trigger bed crunch in government hospitals
India | Sep 16, 2015, 05:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: The surge in dengue cases in the national capital have led to a serious space crunch in government hospitals with a facility in east Delhi operating a fever clinic from the driver's room while
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Dengue scare: IMA cautions people against panicking
India | Sep 16, 2015, 04:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid the rising cases of dengue in the city, Indian Medical Association (IMA) today said the present serotype of dengue virus is "less fatal" than the one in 2013 and appealed to people
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Dengue: Delhi govt summons administrators of private hospitals
India | Sep 15, 2015, 04:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the wake of reports of their alleged refusal to admit dengue patients, the Delhi government today summoned administrators of all private hospitals and nursing homes in the city.Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain
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Another boy dies of dengue, father alleges hospital negligence
India | Sep 15, 2015, 08:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Another boy has died of dengue with his family claiming negligence by hospitals in the city where only last week seven-year-old Avinash had succumbed to the disease after allegedly being turned away by
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More than 1800 dengue cases in Delhi, 9 dead
India | Sep 15, 2015, 04:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: The death toll due to dengue in the Delhi rose to nine on Monday night after a 43-year-old man succumbed to the disease at the Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital."He was brought to the
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Dengue scare grips Delhi, 613 fresh cases in a week
India | Sep 14, 2015, 10:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Dengue scare has gripped the capital with two more patients dying of it and 613 fresh cases reported over the last one week, forcing the Delhi Government to cancel leave of doctors, open
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Health Minister Satyendra Jain lists tough steps to fight dengue
National | Sep 13, 2015, 05:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain today stressed the need for taking immediate steps to arrest the spread of dengue in the city and asked the officials of his department to prioritize dengue cases. At
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More docs, paramedics to be deployed to tackle dengue
India | Sep 13, 2015, 02:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: With spurt in dengue cases in the national capital, authorities are planning to deploy more doctors and technicians at tertiary care hospitals to deal with the ituation.Doctors and technicians from dispensaries and primaryhospitals
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Dengue and suicide case: Centre orders probe
India | Sep 12, 2015, 07:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre today ordered a probe into the death of a seven-year-old boy suffering from dengue after two private hospitals refused to admit him and soon after his depressed parents jumped to death
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Stay away from dengue using papaya and fenugreek leaves
Lifestyle | Aug 28, 2015, 11:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Giloy is helpful in building the immune system and papaya leaves cure dengue fever, an expert says.Pankaj Aggarwal, from the capital-based Agrawal Homoe Clinic, has suggested some easy home remedies to control platelet
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18 cases of Dengue in Delhi out of 20 reported in NCR: Report
India | Jul 10, 2015, 10:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: At least 20 cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital region (NCR) this year, with 18 cases from Delhi, according to a municipal report on the vector-borne disease.In Delhi out
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Centre asks Delhi hospitals to gear up for dengue outbreak
India | Jul 01, 2015, 05:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government has asked all the central government-run hospitals in Delhi including AIIMS to "buckle up" to tackle an outbreak of dengue during the monsoon season and prepare an action plan within a
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Dengue outbreak in Bihar, 156 cases detected
India | Nov 07, 2014, 08:06 PM ISTPatna: A dengue outbreak has gripped Bihar with 156 cases detected in different parts of the state till this evening, a health department official today said. The state capital has registered the lion's share of
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Dengue death toll in Mumbai goes up to 12, 3-year-old girl dead
India | Nov 06, 2014, 07:57 PM ISTMumbai: A three-year-old girl Manaswi Mangesh Devrukhkar died today of dengue in Holy Spirit Hospital taking the current death toll in the last one month to 12. Manaswi was admitted to the hospital with dengue symptoms
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Dengue claims its first victim in Delhi this season
India | Oct 05, 2014, 07:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: An eight-year-old boy has become the first victim of dengue in the national capital this year after he succumbed to the mosquito-borne infection.The boy Rishi Qaddafi, a resident of South Delhi, died of
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First dengue death in Kolkata
India | Sep 04, 2014, 11:19 AM ISTKolkata: A boy who died at a state-run hospital on Monday was suffering from dengue, making it the first death in the city due to the disease, a West Bengal Heath Department official said."We have
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Dengue mosquito-breeding found at LNJP, Civic Centre: report
India | Aug 19, 2014, 07:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: Forty-five cases of breeding of dengue mosquitoes were found at various institutions so far this year, including six at Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital (LNJP) and three at the the headquarters of the North
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Bengal turns to bug to prevent malaria
India | Aug 07, 2014, 01:27 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal plans to use a bug to control the mosquito population that is responsible for malaria and dengue.According to the director of state health services, B.R. Satpathi, a particular variety of the bacteria