Tag: Dengue

Cuttack: Four days after serving notice to five BJD corporators, the police today asked four Congress members to appear at the Purighat Police station here in connection with the violence at a meeting of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) recently. Congress’ Giribala Behera, Anita Nayak, Arun Sethy and Sheikh Shamim have been served the notice […]

Cuttack: Vehicular movement on the Jobra bridge here was disrupted on Sunday morning as locals staged a road blockade by placing the body of a youth, who allegedly died of dengue while undergoing treatment at SCB medical college and hospital, on the road. The deceased has been identified as Trinath Behera (21) of Station Bazaar […]

Panic has gripped Barbil after the number of dengue patients in the area, the worst affected in the state, touched around 900

Cuttack: The number of deaths due to dengue in the state reached four after one more patient undergoing treatment at SCB medical college and hospital here died of the vector-borne disease on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as JIta Mallick of Padmapur area in Jagatpur. According to sources, Mallick was admitted to the government-run […]

Despite intensive efforts by the state government to bring down the incidence of dengue, the vector-borne virus is spreading across Odisha at a fast rate

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday asked the Health, Industries and Urban Development departments to maintain better coordination among them to tackle dengue, which is spreading alarmingly in the state. While reviewing the dengue situation in the state at the secretariat yesterday, the chief minister asked the concerned officials to expedite the cleaning of […]

Cuttack/Barbil/Bhubaneswar: The death toll in dengue has gone up to six in Odisha with the death of a patient in Barbil in Keonjhar district last night. Lili Gop, a daily wage labourer, died at the Barbil Community Health Centre (CHC) last night, sources said. Family members have alleged that she died due to improper treatment. […]

Keonjhar: A four-member team of the Congress headed by leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday visited the dengue-affected Barbil area and took stock of the situation there. According to sources, the Congress team, which includes leaders like Niranjan Patnaik, Ananta Sethi and Prafulla Majhi, visited different wards of the town and met patients undergoing […]

Cuttack: The number of dengue deaths in Odisha went up to fivewith the death of a patient at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Chaturbhuja Parida of Atuda village under Jagatpur police limits. With this, three dengue patients have died in SCB Medical College while two […]

Cuttack: Tightening the noose around the neck of industrial units in the Jagatpur area here for their role in the spread of the dengue menace, the district administration on Tuesday sealed one more industrial unit for not complying with the stipulated guidelines to maintain hygiene in the area. Official sources said Jagananth Food Company was […]

Even as number of dengue cases in the state crossed 1100, the six-member team sent by the Central government to assist in the prevention of the vector borne disease has said far from rising, dengue cases in the worst affected Keonjhar district are actually on the decline

Bhubaneswar: With as many as 39 patients testing positive on Saturday, dengue cases are on a rapid rise in Keonjhar district. Official sources said of the 2,229 blood samples tested in the district so far, 723 have tested positive for the vector borne disease. The killer disease has claimed four lives till date, the sources […]

Bhubaneswar: Raising serious concern over the spread of dengue in the state, Union minister of state for Health Faggan Singh Kulaste has said a Central team will visit the affected areas of the state to review the situation soon. Kulaste, who arrived in Bhubaneswar yesterday to attend the fourth foundation day of AIIMS scheduled to […]

Bhubaneswar: The killer dengue has claimed one more life in the State taking the toll this year to four. The victim, who was undergoing treatment at the SCB medical college and hospital, has been identified as Lal Kishore Suna of Bolangir district. Tuna Nayak of Angul, who was admitted at the special dengue ward of […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack/Barbil: Concerned over the alarming spread of dengue in Odisha, the state government today appointed a senior IAS officer as nodal officer to monitor measures to monitor the drive against the water borne disease. A decision to this effect was taken at a joint meeting of the Health and Family Welfare and Housing and Urban […]