Tag: Dengue

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 […]

Puri: A devotee from Gujarat arrested by the Police yesterday for climbing the Taladhwaja chariot of Lord Balabhadra was forwarded to the court today. According to reports, Dipesh Shah, a businessman from Ahmadabad had climbed the Taladhwaja chariot of Lord Balabhadra in the wee hours July 8. After having the darshan of the Lord, he […]

The toll due to dengue mounted to three this year when a patient undergoing treatment at the SCB hospital in Cuttack died yesterday

While the spread of dengue to other districts of Odisha has triggered panic among the people, a senior doctor at the SCB Medical College and Hospital today said most of those affected with the water borne disease are people from Odisha working in Bangalore and Pune, who have come to the state with dengue virus

Bhubaneswar: Expressing serious concern over the spread of dengue across the state, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has served notices to the health secretary, Urban Development department secretary and collectors of eight districts, including Cuttack, Keonjhar, Bhadra and, Jajpur, asking them to submit a report on the outbreak of the disease. According to sources, […]

Barbil/Cuttack: The first dengue death in Odisha this year was reported from Keonjhar district when a patient under treatment at the Barbil Community Health Centre (CHC) succumbed to the disease this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Sukramani Sandil of Colony No-3 of Barbil Municipality. Sources in the hospital said Sukramani was admitted to […]

Barbil/Cuttack: Within a week of its outbreak, Dengue has assumed alarming proportions in Keonjhar and Cuttack districts. Reports from Keonjhar district said the situation in the mining area of Barbil has become critical with the rise in number of patients. Dr Kabindra Prasad Sahu, Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), informed that of the 706 blood […]

New York: Researchers, including one of an Indian-origin, have identified 20 genes that can predict an individual’s likelihood of developing a severe form of dengue fever with about 80 per cent accuracy. The team from Standford University in the US, identified a gene-expression pattern that predicts which people infected with dengue — a mosquito-borne virus […]

New Delhi: As many as 260 cases of dengue were reported in the national capital in the week ending November 24, compared to 271 in the previous week, taking the total to 811 so far this month, according to a municipal report released on Monday. As per the latest report, 2,406 people have been diagnosed […]

Colombo: The number of people suffering from dengue in Sri Lanka has increased to over 34,000 so far this year, with Colombo reporting the highest number of infected patients, official statistics revealed on Monday. The statistics from the Epidemiology Unit said that in August, 1,075 patients have been diagnosed with dengue from across the island […]

Gurugram: Parents of a seven-year-old girl, who died of dengue after undergoing treatment at a Fortis Hospital here, were allowed to take their daughter’s dead body after paying the exorbitant bill of Rs 18 lakh. Residents of West Delhi’s Dwarka, the parents of the deceased have alleged that the hospital staff kept their daughter on […]