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  • Delhi, India: 2018 Diphtheria

    Source: https://www.dnaindia.com/india/repor...ection-2665608

    Delhi hospital horror: 12 children die in 14 days due to Diphtheria infection
    Written By
    Deepak Dahiya
    Updated: Sep 20, 2018, 07:43 PM IST

    In a shocking case that yet again highlights the poor state of healthcare system in the country, 12 children died in last 14 days at Delhi government?s Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Disease Hospital.

    All patients were aged 6-12 years with a diagnosis of severe infection of Diphtheria.
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    The upper respiratory tract bacterial infection with high mortality rate can be prevented with timely vaccination. The infection is covered under India?s universal immunization programme.

    Located in North Delhi, Maharishi Valmiki Hospital is north India?s biggest institute for treatment of communicable diseases. Ironically, the hospital does not have the stock of Diphtheria vaccination, which costs around Rs 10,000 in the market.

    All children were from outside Delhi and were referred to the hospital for the treatment. At present, there are roughly 300 Diphtheria patients admitted in the hospital. The deaths were reported between the period of September 6 and September 19...

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    Two more deaths due to diphtheria at Maharishi Valmiki hospital; toll rises to 22

    Devdiscourse News Desk 27 Sep 2018, 03:19 PM India

    Two more deaths due to diphtheria have been reported at a civic hospital in north Delhi, taking the toll from the infectious disease in the city to 22, officials said Thursday.

    The fresh deaths were reported at Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital at Kingsway Camp, which has already seen 19 fatalities due to it.

    "From September 6 onwards, there have been over 170 admissions at the municipal hospital, out of whom 21 have died," a senior official said. One more death earlier had been reported at the Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital.
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    On Sunday, the official had said that among the patients admitted, 122 belonged to Uttar Pradesh, 11 from Haryana and 14 from Delhi.
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    Two more deaths due to diptheria has been reported at a civic hospital in north Delhi, taking the toll from the infectious disease in the city to 22, officials said Thursday.
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      Diphtheria: Two more deaths at Delhi hospital, toll rises to 26
      Two more deaths due to diphtheria have been reported at a civic hospital in north Delhi, taking the toll from the infectious disease in the city to 26, officials said Sunday.
      By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: September 30, 2018 12:39 PM


      Two more deaths due to diphtheria have been reported at a civic hospital in north Delhi, taking the toll from the infectious disease in the city to 26, officials said Sunday.

      Five of these victims belong to Delhi and the rest are from other states, they said. The fresh deaths were reported at the Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital at Kingsway Camp.
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      Two more deaths due to diphtheria have been reported at a civic hospital in north Delhi, taking the toll from the infectious disease in the city to 26, officials said Sunday.
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      The views expressed are mine alone and do not represent the views of my employer or any other person or organization.

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        Source: https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/st...tal-to-56.html

        3 more diphtheria deaths push toll at NMC-run hospital to 56
        Wednesday, 03 October 2018 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

        Deaths caused by diphtheria are refusing to subside as three more children succumbed to the highly infectious disease at North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) run Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital. With this, the toll this year has risen to 57 so far out of which 56 belong to the civic hospital.

        ?As far as the NMC run hospital is concerned, around 200 patients of diphtheria were admitted in the month of September and 8 more, one from Delhi and 7 from other states were admitted between Monday and Tuesday. Out of these 8 new admissions, 3 have been declared dead,? said a senior NMC official.

        Out of the three fresh deaths, 1 patient belonged to Delhi while two belonged to other states, he added...


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