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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

India : Swine flu toll in MP rises to 52

An article from PTI :

" Bhopal, Sep 14 : With the death of five more persons, the swine toll in Madhya Pradesh has risen to 52, health authorities said today.

Four persons died of the viral infection in Bhopal and one in Jabalpur in the last four days, they said.Sangeeta Patel (22), Anwar Jahan (70), Shankar Singh (45) and Sheela Vyas (44) from Bhopal and Sumitra Vishwakarma (30) from Jabalpur succumbed to the viral infection, they said.

Twenty four persons have died of H1N1 in Bhopal alone, followed by 17 in Indore, nine in Jabalpur and one each in Gwalior and Harda district, they said.Thirty patients with symptoms of swine flu have been admitted to different hospitals yesterday."

Monday, May 24, 2010

India : 97 people suffering from diarrhoea in Sabarkantha

Via Press Trust of India :

" Banaskantha, May 23 : As many as 97 people have reported to various hospitals in Sabarkantha district with complaint of diarrhoea and vomiting in last three days.

With 31 more admitted to hospitals today, the number of those suffering from the disease has reached 97 in Chadrej village, Chief District Health Officer (Sabarkantha) H R Nayak said.

13 cases were recorded by the Bayad Primary Health Centre (PHC) on Thursday, which was 14 on Friday. 39 were reported on Saturday.

To combat the water-borne disease, a campaign on war footing has been initiated in the village.

"Besides distributing over 3,000 chlorine tablets as many as 255 are under observation after conducting a house-to-house survey in and around the village.

"Blood samples taken from the patients have confirmed the disease and the situation will be under control within a couple of days, Nayak said."

India : Two girls die of mysterious disease

Via Press Trust of India :

" Ambala, May 23 : Two girls died while nearly 60 people, including over 30 women and some children, of village Samlehri close to Ambala Cantt were suffering from a mysterious disease.

Two teenaged girls of the village Disha and Priyanka, whose blood platlet count were found on the lower side and had been referred to PGIMER at Chandigarh on Friday, died there yesterday.

The affected persons complained of swelling in the lower part of their legs and dizziness, doctors attending on them said.

Meanwhile, more cases of this mysterious disease were reported in the village today.

The villagers are holding the Health Department responsible for the death of two girls.

They alleged that the mysterious disease had been prevailing in the village for last one fortnight but the doctors could not even diagnose it properly so far."