Maharashtra ( Octobre 2006 )

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Dengue claims five lives in Vidarbha
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2119111.cms

AKOLA (MAHARASHTRA): Dengue has claimed five lives in as many days in Maharashtra?s Vidarbha region, official sources said on Sunday.

While the disease claimed three lives in Buldana district, two children died in Yeotmal district, they said.

The latest casualty in Buldana was an infant from Shelgaon village, who died on October 5, the sources said.

When contacted, Buldana district hospital civil surgeon Ghorpade confirmed the deaths and said five persons affected by dengue were being treated at the hospital.

The two children from Bothagavan village in Yeotmal district who died on October five were identified as Ajay Jairam Wankhede (10) and Rukmi Tukaram Pandav (seven).

Akola's civil surgeon Arun Thosar claimed not a single person was found to be affected by dengue in the district.

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</td></tr></tbody></table> 433 cases of dengue in Maharashtra
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PTI
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 20:33 IST

MUMBAI Maharashtra Health Directorate on Wednesday said there were a total of 433 dengue cases admitted at various hospitals in the state, including 14 new suspected cases in Mumbai's private hospitals.


About 433 patients with dengue are undergoing treatment in various hospitals in the state, Maharashtra Health Directorate, Director, Dr P P Doke said.


"This includes 14 new cases admitted in private hospitals in Mumbai," he said.


All the cases are laboratory tested, while the 14 cases in Mumbai are being tested for confirmation, according to Chief Health Executive of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Dr Jairaj Thanekar.


So far, 14 persons have died of dengue in Mumbai and five in rest of the state taking the total of dengue deaths to 19 since April this year, Doke said.


Thanekar informed that besides cases of dengue, MCGM has registered 188 cases of fever, 14 cases of malaria and one suspected case of Leptospirosis in the city.


"Currently we are concentrating on dengue by taking various measures," he added.