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Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

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Three die of malaria, 1 of dengue
Hindustan Times
Mumbai, August 08, 2010First Published: 00:31 IST(8/8/2010)
Last Updated: 00:33 IST(8/8/2010)
Malaria's latest victims were a 16 year old boy from Grant Road, a 40 year old man from Dharavi and a 45 year old assistant sub inspector of police from Worli. Assistant Sub Inspector Ramdas Raut, was posted at c. He was ill since July 29 and died on Saturday at Balaji Hospital in Byculla at 11am.
Their deaths took the malaria toll in Mumbai to 11.

Dengue killed an 18 year old boy from Worli on Friday. Dengue is transmitted by the bite of Aides Aegypti mosquito.

While the malaria carrying mosquito bites during the night, the Aides Aegypti bites during the day. Aedes aegypti breeds primarily in man made containers like earthenware jars, metal drums and concrete cisterns used for domestic water storage.

At least 729 Mumbaiites were hospitalised with various monsoon related ailments between Friday and Saturday morning. Of these, 216 were suffering from malaria, 417 from fever, four from dengue, three from leptospirosis and 89 from gastroenteritis.

Nine more people, including two children, tested positive for swine flu on Saturday
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Three-die-of-malaria-1-of-dengue/Article1-583721.aspx
 
Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

Mon,09 Aug 2010
Mumbai NEWS
India


Another malaria death, hospitals take charge

Mumbai, August 09, 2010First Published: 00:57 IST(9/8/2010)
Last Updated: 01:00 IST(9/8/2010)
A 52-year-old man from Parel, who had been in hospital since August 3 died of malaria on Saturday. Eleven people in the city have died of malaria so far this month and public hospitals admitted 207 malaria patients on Sunday. The civic body has started special evening departments in private
hospitals to screen more fever patients for malaria on Sunday.

Lilavati Hospital at Bandra, Bombay Hospital at Marine Lines, Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital at Powai, Shushrusha Hospital at Shivaji Park, BPT Hospital at Wadala, Kokilaben Ambani Hospital at Andheri and Fortis Hospital at Vashi are among those that have started special fever OPDs.

In accordance with the BMC?s decision to distribute health cards to all construction workers, about 32,000 workers from 587 sites have been given health cards so far.

Civic reports said, 82 people have tested positive for swine flu in the first week of August. Among other rain-related illnesses, public hospitals admitted 492 cases of fever, 59 cases of gastroenteritis, three cases of leptospirosis and seven cases of dengue on Sunday.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Another-malaria-death-hospitals-take-charge/Article1-584070.aspx
 
Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

One more malaria death, ALMs to spread awareness
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
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Mumbai, August 12, 2010First Published: 02:03 IST(12/8/2010)
Last Updated: 02:04 IST(12/8/2010)
As one more Mumbaiite succumbed to malaria on Wednesday ? a 25-year-old Saki Naka resident ? and the city's malaria toll in August touched 15, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started working with Advanced Locality Managements (ALMs) to create awareness about the disease. The BMC's
health officials from the H-west ward (Bandra, Khar and Santacruz) met members of 50 ALMs to create awareness about controlling mosquito breeding and treatment for malaria. ?We have issued guidelines to all ward officers to involve NGOs, ALMs and corporators and talk to them about malaria-control measures so that citizens are equipped to fight the disease,? said Manisha Mhaiskar, additional municipal commissioner (health).

At the meeting, pest control officers and a doctor from KEM Hospital spoke to ALM representatives about the correct water storage methods emphasised the importance of completing the 14-day medicine course for malaria.

?This is the best we can do to ensure people's participation in controlling malaria,? said Manik Kshirsagar, ward officer, H-west ward.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfe...ALMs-to-spread-awareness/Article1-585498.aspx
 
Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

Two more succumb to malaria
HT Correspondent
Email Author
Mumbai, August 14, 2010First Published: 01:23 IST(14/8/2010)
Last Updated: 01:23 IST(14/8/2010)
Two persons succumbed to malaria on Friday, taking the disease?s total death toll in the city to 18 in August. One of the victims was a 43-year-old man from Worli, while the other was a 35-year-old man from Santacruz. On Friday alone, public hospitals reported admitting more than 200 new malaria patients.
?Our health workers have begun to notice a drop in malaria cases,? said Dr G T Ambe, executive health officer of the BMC.

?The focus now is to aggressively control mosquito breeding and that is being done by carrying out surveillance measures at construction sites and checking water storage areas,? Dr Ambe added.

Also 11 more people tested positive for swine flu on Friday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases in the city to 125.

Among other rain-related illnesses, public hospitals across the city also reported 552 cases of fever, 50 cases of gastroenteritis, one case of leptospirosis and 19 cases of dengue.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Two-more-succumb-to-malaria/Article1-586484.aspx
 
Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

Malaria: Worried citizens flock to hospital
Pratibha Masand, TNN, Aug 14, 2010, 03.42am IST

MUMBAI: Panic over the spike in malaria cases is palpable at the civic-run Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli. Serpentine queues of patients have become a regular feature at this speciality hospital for infectious diseases. People are not taking any chances and are rushing to get themselves tested for monsoon ailments, even if they have common cold or slight fever, said a civic official.

Last year, there was similar rush outside the H1N1 outpatient department.

"My son has been down with fever for the last two days. Though the temperature isn't very high, I want to get all the tests done," said a housewife from Chinchpokli, while waiting for her turn to get her seven-year-old son screened.

The number of samples being tested every day are testament to malaria fear. "Almost 8,000 slides come in for tests daily. While half of these are tested at Kasturba, the rest are sent to private labs,'' said Manisha Mhaiskar, additional municipal commissioner.
A total of 7,4032 blood smears have been collected since the beginning of this month. Of these, 6,585 tested positive for malaria. "Every person who comes to a civic hospital with slight fever is now being screened for malaria, dengue and jaundice,'' said a BMC official.

Statistics made available by the BMC's dispensaries in response to an RTI query show that diarrhoea affected more people in the city. Between April 2009 and March 2010, diarrhoea affected 1,04,377 Mumbaikars while 19,867 people fell prey to malaria.


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Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

Mumbai doctor dies of dengue
IANS, Aug 23, 2010, 04.57pm IST

MUMBAI: A doctor died of dengue in Mumbai Monday taking the toll due to the deadly fever this season to four, an official said.

Doctor Rajan Palav, 32, was an ENT (ear, nose and throat) professor at the Grant Medical College, run by the JJ Group of Hospitals.

"He had been keeping unwell since Wednesday. His reports were positive for dengue and he was getting treated at Hinduja Hospital," said TP Lahane, dean of JJ Hospital.

"He avoided getting admitted to JJ Hospital as it was already overflowing with patients and wanted to avoid spreading infection," Lahne added.

Palav is the fourth case of dengue death in Mumbai this season. Nearly 150 patients have been detected with dengue so far, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said.

Dengue is transmitted to humans by the aedes aegypti mosquito and its symptoms include fever, joint and bone pain, nausea, headache and fatigue.



Read more: Mumbai doctor dies of dengue - Mumbai - City - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-dengue/articleshow/6421322.cms#ixzz0xQlTfty5
 
Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

Malaria claims another life in city
Hindustan Times
Mumbai, August 24, 2010First Published: 01:30 IST(24/8/2010)
Last Updated: 01:30 IST(24/8/2010)
A 52-year-old man from Jogeshwari died of malaria on Saturday, taking the toll to 33 this month. The patient had been admitted to hospital since August 17. On Monday, public hospitals admitted more than 131 malaria patients and more than 4,310 people have been admitted so far. Manisha
Mhaiskar, additional municipal commissioner (health), met with building proposal officials on Monday to discuss malaria prevention measures at construction sites.

?We stressed on the importance of maintaining hygiene and having a doctor on building sites,? said Mhaiskar. Four people also tested positive for swine flu on Monday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases this month to 184. Public hospitals reported 438 cases of fever, 45 cases of gastroenteritis and five cases of dengue on Monday.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Malaria-claims-another-life-in-city/Article1-590949.aspx
 
Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

2 more die of malaria in Mumbai
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

Mumbai, August 30, 2010First Published: 02:25 IST(30/8/2010)
Last Updated: 02:26 IST(30/8/2010)
Malaria claimed two more lives on Sunday, taking the toll of the mosquito-borne disease to 46 this month. The latest victims were a 66-year-old woman from Prabhadevi and a 45-year-old man from Byculla. Swine flu also killed one more Mumbaiite. A 45-year-old woman from Vikhroli (East)
succumbed to the infection on Saturday.

?She was admitted to a private hospital on Thursday and was suffering from cold, fever and breathlessness. She was put on a tamiflu dose on the same day. But she died on Saturday due to inflammation of heart muscle along with swine flu,? said executive health officer, Dr GT Ambe.

He added that the woman was obese which made her more vulnerable to complications related to swine flu. Six more people also tested positive for swine flu and 731 others were hospitalised with various monsoon-related ailments. Of these patients, 171 had malaria, 489 had fever, 13 had dengue, 56 had gastroenteritis and two had leptospirosishttp://www.hindustantimes.com/2-more-die-of-malaria-in-Mumbai/Article1-593616.aspx
 
Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

Dengue claims 10-yr-old?s life
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

Mumbai, August 31, 2010First Published: 01:27 IST(31/8/2010)
Last Updated: 01:28 IST(31/8/2010)

Malaria did not cause any fatalities over the weekend, but a 10-year-old girl died of dengue on Sunday. Dengue has now claimed six lives this month. Last week, a J.J. Hospital doctor died due to the fever. Around 96 Mumbaiites were hopsitalised with malaria and six tested positive for dengue
between Sunday and Monday morning. Till last week, nearly 200 people were being hospitalised with malaria each day.

Civic volunteers have been going door-to-door to treat stored water to keep a check on the breeding of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. ?For the past three weeks, they have been spraying the chemical Abeto Temephose in diluted form in stored water to prevent mosquito breeding,? said Additional Municipal Commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar.

The Aaedes Aegypti mosquitoes, which cause dengue, breed in fresh water, primarily in containers like earthenware jars, metal drums and concrete cisterns used for domestic water storage. Moreover, the mosquitoes bite during the day unlike the anopheles mosquitoes that cause malaria and bite at night.

Doctors have predicted a surge in dengue cases. ?The city has had intermittent rain recently, which is perfect for the dengue-transmitting mosquito to breed,? said Dr Khusrav Bajan, in-charge of emergency medical services at P.D. Hinduja Hospital.

At least 643 people were hospitalised with monsoon-related ailments between Sunday and Monday. Of these, 486 had fever, 51 had gastroenteritis, 96 had malaria and three dengue. One more person tested positive for swine flu.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Dengue-claims-10-yr-old-s-life/Article1-594042.aspx
 
Re: Maharashtra: Vector borne diseases

Malaria claims 47 lives in Mumbai in August
Written by Admin
Thursday, 02 September 2010 13:01
News Desk: Breaking News! According to latest reports, Malaria claimed 47 lives in Mumbai in August 2010. The latest death occurred in Antop Hill on August 28.



Malaria has proved to be more dangerous than expected during this monsoon season. Although other diseases such as leptospirosis, swine flu, gastroenteritis and dengue are in the rise, Malaria cases have been higher.



At least six people have died of leptospirosis in Mumbai in August 2010, while the Swine Flu death toll in the city has reached to 5 in August alone.

http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/health/3687-malaria-claims-47-lives-in-mumbai-in-august.html
 
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