Kolkata (October 2006)

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Thirty people infected by dengue in Kolkata
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1815708,001302520000.htm

At least 30 people have been infected by the dengue fever in Kolkata, city mayor Bikash Bhattacharya said.

No new case of dengue was reported on Sunday, he added.


"We have taken steps to contain the disease and results are evident with the reported cases of dengue being just 30 among the people in the city," he said.


Bhattacharya, however, asked people to be more responsible by not allowing water to accumulate in any place like flower pots or coolers in their house.

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Re: Kolkata (October 2006)

Deadly dengue stings Kolkata kids

Himika Chaudhuri
CNN-IBN

Posted Monday , October 16, 2006 at 07:50Updated Monday , October 16, 2006 at 08:49
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/deadly-dengue-stings-kolkata-kids/24065-3.html

Kolkata: The city is not far behind when it comes to battling the mosquito menace like the rest of the country. The number of dengue cases is on the rise in Kolkata and some the worst affected patients are children.
Sudha Srivastava's one and a half year old daughter Vaishali was admitted to the Marwari Relief Society hospital after being detected with dengue on Thursday.
?The doctor asked me to wipe her body with cold water every time the temperature rose. I could not control my tears. During this season I usually wrap her in woolens and this year she is admitted here,? Sudha said.

Vaishali has been running temperature for more than a week now. Her blood test reports confirmed dengue after she was tested for both malaria and dengue. Her mother did not know much about the disease and the family was distraught when they heard the news.
"The entire family has gone berserk. We didn't know what to do. Even after we came to the hospital, we couldn't rest in peace,? Sudha says.
Like Vaishali, there are many other patients are coming to the hospital with dengue. Nine-year-old Anita was admitted on Sunday morning and is recovering now.
But as the number of dengue cases is increasing, the municipal corporation claims it's taking steps like increased defogging to check the outbreak.
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Re: Kolkata (October 2006)

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[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WHILE DENGUE HAS THE CITY IN ITS GRIP, CLINICS GOVERNED BY THE KMC ARE TOTTERING DUE TO THE LACK OF EQUIPMENT AND CANNOT CONDUCT DETECTION TESTS AT ONE GO. A REPORT BY OUR CORRESPONDENT

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=205914

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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="467"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td colspan="3">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Civic clinics add to dengue dread[/FONT]</td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3" height="10">
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The dengue scare has dealt a massive blow to the medical help infrastructure of the city.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Allegations and counter-allegations fly thick and fast as more people contract the infection in the city.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has been claiming that the control operations being carried out have proved to be effective.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]However, with the steep rise in the number of patients, it is but evident that the reality is far from what is being told.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Officials of the KMC health department claimed that a record of the number of people affected by the infection is scrupulously maintained.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]However, due to some discrepancy in the numbers maintained by the KMC and the state government, the civic body has resorted to conductiong a door-to-door survey in order to ascertain the number of dengue patients. [/FONT]
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Re: Kolkata (October 2006)

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rain cripples central Kolkata
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=205903

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Kolkata, October 18:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pockets of Central Kolkata went under water after heavy rain lashed parts of the city this afternoon. A rainfall of 87.60 mm was recorded at Thanthania pumping station.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Manicktala recorded a rainfall of 61.5 mm in 50 minutes and Ultadanga recorded 49 mm rainfall in an hour. Palmar Bazaar recorded 72 mm of rainfall, Belgachia recorded 25 mm and Birpura recorded 16 mm of rainfall.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Central Kolkata was waterlogged immediately after the one-hour-long rainfall. The waterlogging did not even spare the chief minister of the state. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who always takes the Council House Street route to visit the Writers? Buildings, had to change his direction in order to avoid the water. The level of water in the area touched one?s knees. Instead of taking the usual route, Bhattacharjee ordered his driver to go to Writers? Buildings via B B D Bag.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pockets in Central Kolkata including, Ahmerst Street, Sukia Street, Bidhan Sarani, Kailash Bose Street, Kartik Bose Lane, Beniatolla Lane, College Square, Central Avenue, Girish Park, remained under knee-deep water today. Farzana Chowdhury, member, mayor-in-council, of the drainage department of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation said that the pumping stations had started functioning to pump out stagnant water. However, traversing the waterlogged streets was nothing less than an ordeal and people had a harrowing time trying to navigate the roads.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]As many as four, three and two pumps were used in Manicktala, Ultadanga and Thanthania, respectively. Eight pumps were used at Palmar Bazaar and two each at Belgachia and Birpara. [/FONT]
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Re: Kolkata (October 2006)

15 new dengue cases; mayor admits fogging operations a failure
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=206442

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Kolkata, October 23:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fifteen new cases of dengue were reported in the state today. Of these, one was reported from Kolkata. According to the state health department, so far 675 people have been admitted in different state hospitals after contracting the virus, while city hospitals recorded admitting 372 patients this year. The total death toll in the state in 2006, inclusive of Kolkata, stands at five. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on the other hand, has reports of only 200 dengue cases within the city. Officials in the KMC?s health department said that the latest status of the virus would be made available only after the civic body completes its search of each and every borough in the city. [/FONT]

?We are carrying out a search of each and every borough. Our health officers will try to find out the names and the number of people afflicted with dengue,? claimed Subodh Dey, the member, mayor in council, of the health department of KMC. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya today conceded that the fogging operations, which were carried out in order to destroy the mosquito larvae, were useless and only led to increased air pollution. It is an extremely expensive programme with hardly any positive effect. [/FONT]

 

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Re: Kolkata (October 2006)

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="467"><tbody><tr align="center" valign="top"><td colspan="3">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]13 fresh dengue cases[/FONT]</td></tr> <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3" height="10">
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http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=206958

</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3"> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Kolkata, October 27:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]There have been reports of 13 fresh cases of dengue in the city today. According to the Information and Cultural Affairs department, a total of 752 cases as suffering from dengue fever has been diagnosed in the state. Thirty-nine cases have been reported in the city today, out of which 13 have been reported within Kolkata.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The death toll, according to the Information and Cultural Affairs department, has gone up to six, with two deaths in Howrah, one in Kolkata, one in Malda, one in Murshidabad and one in Purulia.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]While today 13 cases of dengue were reported in Kolkata alone, the districts too are not far behind. Nine, one, two, six, one, one, four, one, one, and one cases were reported in Hoogly, Howrah, Murshidabad, North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas, Burdwan, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, and Cooch Behar, respectively.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]On the other hand, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), health department, was at a loss for words today as it was unable to provide the latest dengue update. The KMC, of late, has begun a ward-wise search of those suffering from the virus, and this programme is still under progress. ?We will try and provide the latest status of dengue within Kolkata by the first week of November,? claimed the chief medical health officer of KMC, Debdaipayan Chattopadhyay.[/FONT]
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