Mumbai - (October 2006)

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56 more down with dengue
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=4&articleid=109200622019593109200622017406

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New Delhi: More people reported sick with the dengue virus Monday with 56 fresh cases being admitted to city hospitals, taking the total number to 941, and the Delhi government called an urgent meeting to review the situation.

Of the 56 new cases, the AIIMS reported 41, taking the total number of patients there to 173.

Of the 941 infected with the mosquito-borne virus, around 579 are residents of Delhi and the rest from outside. Twenty-two people have died so far in the capital.

The Delhi government on Monday called an urgent meeting along with senior members of the health ministry, doctors and civic officials to discuss the alarming health situation.

?The government has drawn up certain contingency plans to tackle the disease and the review meeting would take stock of the efforts made,? said D. S. Negi, Delhi?s health secretary.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had visited AIIMS Sunday to meet dengue patients as well as his two grandsons Rohan (11) and Madhav (17) and a son-in-law Vijay Tankha, who were admitted to the hospital with suspected dengue. Rohan was discharged later Sunday.

The total number of dengue-affected across the country is 3,407, while the death toll is 47.

Three more succumb in Muzaffarnagar

Three more people, including a child, died due to Dengue in the last 24 hours in the district, taking the death toll to six since the outbreak of the disease here.

A man and a woman from Khaikari village died in the hospital, while a 4-year old boy died in Budhana town on Sunday, officials said on Monday.

 

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Re: Mumbai - (October 2006)

Malaria, dengue and now cholera?
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1058561

Sandeep Ashar

Sunday, October 15, 2006 02:03 IST

MUMBAI: After dengue and malaria, Mumbai might have just found itself a more deadly enemy: Cholera.


JJ Hospital sources told DNA that 12 patients have been admitted with symptoms of cholera. ?The hanging drop tests performed on these patients had indicated the presence of cholera carrier, Vibrio Cholerae bacterium,? said a source.


The samples have been sent for a tissue culture test, which will finally confirm if the patients have cholera.

Cholera is a highly infectious water-borne disease contracted by drinking contaminated water or eating improperly cooked fish. Symptoms include severe dehydration, vomiting, loose motions, high blood pressure, sunken eyes, dry tongue and low urine output.


If not diagnosed in time, a patient can suffer from very low blood pressure and go into a state of shock, eventually causing death.


Alarmingly, suspected cholera cases have been trickling into JJ Hospital from October 5. ?Most cases have been reported from the Don Taki area of Mumbai Port Trust. The patients have been isolated in the hospital?s medical ward,? a top doctor of the hospital told DNA.


Don Taki has large slums and is considered a high-risk area. Admitting there were patients with cholera symptoms, JJ Hospital Superintendent Dr Arun Pol said, ?We?re in touch with municipal authorities.?


State Director of Health Services Dr PP Doke said the BMC has taken preventive measures. ?There have been no new cases,? he said. BMC?s Executive Health Officer Dr Jayaraj Thanekar said, ?We have surveyed the area and conducted medical camps. We have distributed chlorine tablets and ORS packets. The source of contamination was groundwater.?

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