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The National Health Profile (NHP) 2019 released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that in the last five years Maharashtra recorded 39,141 cases of dengue. And it recorded 230 deaths related to dengue cases. Dengue and Chikungunya, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, are a cause of great concern to public health in India. […]
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Pune has witnessed the highest number of dengue cases in October this year. As a result of which, the demand for platelets has also increased. However, post-Diwali, all blood banks in Pune have witnessed less platelets donation. Therefore, the blood banks are calling registered donors for donations as there is a scarcity of platelets in […]
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Due to sudden weather change, the experts are warning that cases of dengue and viral fever can witness a spike in and around the Pune region. NCP MP Supriya Sule is diagnosed with dengue and has informed people through social media that she is unwell. “Although I have been diagnosed with dengue and advised bed […]
Continue ReadingThe Pune Municipal Corporation has stepped up its action on establishments, mainly housing societies, as well as bungalows, and commercial establishments that are not taking adequate measures to check mosquito breeding. The health department has issued notices to owners of properties found with stagnant water. This year, in an attempt to keep the number of […]
Continue ReadingThe study which is supported by the Indian Council of Medical Research and published in the PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal, estimates that over eight per cent of the city’s population, which is about close to 60,000 people, could be exposed to the dengue virus. The study found an overall ‘high disease burden’ of dengue […]
Continue ReadingRTI activist Anil Galgali had sought information about the details of patients afflicted by Dengue in the past 3 years. The BMC’s Public health department provided Galgali with information pertaining to years 2016, 2017 and up to 11th November 2018 a period spanning 35 months. It also provided the information about the confirmed dengue cases […]
Continue ReadingWhile dengue cases are increased attempts are being made to reduce this number. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the carrier of dengue virus and it lays its eggs in pools of stagnant fresh water. While speaking to My Medical Mantra, Jairam Kothari, Nashik Municipal Corporation’s Health Department’s Medical Officer, said, “Caution is being taken so […]
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to prepare a database of dengue and Malaria affected patients. Doctors in the civic-run hospital will take the contact number and address of the patient suffering from dengue and malaria. The data will be shared with the BMC on a regular basis. The officers from insecticide department will […]
Continue ReadingThe year 2017 has witnessed more number of dengue cases that the previous two years. While 2016 had seen 6,792 cases, till November 2017, the year has already seen 6,894 dengue cases in the Maharashtra. Experts are attributing the prolonged monsoon as the cause for rise in the total number of dengue cases, state officials […]
Continue ReadingPune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s health department is struggling with dengue cases with areas like Yerwada, Kalas, Dhanori topping the list with maximum dengue deaths. The suspected patients in this month itself are 202 with five deaths, so far. According to the data given by the health department, after Yerwada-Kalas-Dhanori, Kasbapeth, Vishrambaugh, Bhavani Peth and Dhole […]
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