Mysuru: Even as the district authorities in Mysuru and Mandya have been claiming that there was no dengue deaths and the disease situation was under control, deaths due to viral fever has become a regular affair. A cause of concern is many patients from villages surrounding districts are getting admitted to various government and private…
Mandya: A 22-year-old girl, whose engagement was held about 15 days back, succumbed to suspected dengue fever at a hospital in Bengaluru yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Rekha (22), daughter of Chowdegowda and Doddathayamma couple and residents of Bidarahosahalli village in Mandya. Rekha, who was suffering from fever since about five days, was…
Mysuru: Following the rise in suspected dengue and other viral fever cases in city, the District Health and Family Welfare Department has formed nine Rapid Response teams to go door-to-door and create awareness, which was launched recently. Awareness rallies through various Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in city are conducting awareness on prevention and control of…
Mysuru: Angry residents of Jayapura village near here, protesting against the apathy of Health Officials and Gram Panchayat following the death of a five-year-old girl due to suspected dengue fever, staged a rasta-roko by blocking the Mysuru-H.D. Kote Road yesterday. The deceased girl has been identified as Akanksha, daughter of Kumar of the village. Akanksha,…
Bengaluru: The national capital Delhi and the culture city Mysuru have become home to dengue, remarked Health Family Welfare Minister Ramesh Kumar. Coming down hard on the local officials, he said that it is due to their inefficiency that the dengue fever is spreading. As soon as the rainy season started, there was an increase…
Mysuru: The rapid rise of vector-borne diseases in city over the last two months was elaborately discussed at the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council meeting held yesterday at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Hall in the MCC premises. Corporators urged Mayor M.J. Ravikumar and MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha to take measures to ensure proper waste segregation and…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD There is no denying the fact that our city is facing the very real problem of thousands of people suffering from a very rampant wave of fevers that frequently end in much morbidity and even mortality. Almost every household has someone who has recently gone through or is going…
Mysuru: Continuing their awareness campaign to sensitise the residents on the measures to be taken for preventing dengue and other vector-borne diseases, the Department of Health and Family Welfare and MCC today undertook a door-to-door campaign at Nehru Nagar near Sathagalli KSRTC Depot, coming under MCC Ward 56. Forming four teams, students of Shantaveri Gopala…
Mysuru: Two kids have died of suspected dengue fever in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar. Jaishnavi (7), daughter of Prakash, a resident of Gayatripuram 2nd Stage in Mysuru, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here for suspected dengue fever since three days, passed away at the hospital after failing to respond to the treatment. It…
Mysuru: The Vector-borne Diseases Report released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare records 256 cases of dengue in the last six month (up to June 27, 2017). However, neither the District Administration nor the health department is willing to confirm whether there are any deaths due to dengue. On the contrary, they are…
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