Mysuru: With the onset of Monsoon, the Health and Family Welfare Department, in association with Columbia Asia Hospital, will launch widespread campaigns across the district to sensitise the people on the measures to be taken for preventing the outbreak of dengue and such other vector-borne diseases. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here this…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep chaired a review meeting on dengue called by National Vector Borne Diseases Control Project (NVBDCP) at his office here this morning. District Vector Borne Diseases Control Officer Dr. Chidambara briefed about the instructions given by NVBDCP and gave a powerpoint presentation in this regard. Stating that controlling dengue and…
Mysuru: A five-year-old child died of suspected dengue at a private hospital in city this morning. The deceased has been identified as Yeshwanth, resident of Malligepura located on KRS Backwaters. Sources said that Yeshwanth, a UKG student at St. Joseph School in Jayalakshmipuram, was admitted three-days back to the hospital and was tested positive for…
Periyapatna: In yet another dengue death reported from across the district in recent days, a 7-year-old girl form a Periyapatna village died of suspected dengue on Saturday. The deceased girl has been identified as Krupa, daughter of Mamatha and Lohith couple of Doddahonnur village in the taluk. Krupa was a 2nd standard student of a…
City artist Badal Nanjundaswamy, who is known to draw the attention of people and civic authorities through his street art, is at it again. This time, he has created a giant dengue mosquito to draw the attention of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities. His latest art has been created at Yadavagiri (Ward No. 34) on…
Mysuru: Participating in the Zilla Panchayat meeting yesterday, ZP member Venkataswamy sought the remedial measures taken to tackle dengue and chikungunya in rural areas. In his reply, ZP CEO P. Shivashankar said that 450 cases of suspected dengue were reported in the district and out of 19 deaths, only two were confirmed as dengue by…
Nanjangud: Two persons from Nanjangud taluk, who had developed dengue and brain fever, have been admitted to NIMHANS in Bengaluru. Those admitted are 19-year-old Shilpa of Hadya village and 23-year-old Andani of Sinduvalli in the taluk. The condition of both are critical, according to the doctors. Shilpa and Andani, who had developed fever, was brought…
District Vector-Borne Diseases Control Officer Dr. Chidambara, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. Basavaraju, former Mayor T.B. Chikkanna and Corporator Jagadeesh are seen flagging off an awareness rally on ‘Dengue prevention’ from the Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) premises in Thonachikoppal here this morning. The medical, para-medical and other staff of the UPHC, carrying placards with…
Offers FREE treatment for patients with Dengue, Chikungunya The fear of widespread vector-borne diseases is spreading panic among the people. The hospitals, both government and private, are full with patients. Even though the scene is the same outside a private clinic in Siddarthanagar, the patients flocking the clinic are going back with great relief. Sri…
Mysuru: “For the last seven months, 450 cases of dengue have been detected in the district,” said Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep. He was speaking at a meeting held at Giridarshini Guest House on Hunsur Road here yesterday to discuss on dengue cases in the city and district. Randeep said that from January till date, 2,477…
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