Uttar Pradesh: Viral fever kills 50 children in Firozabad; CM Yogi Adityanath removes CMO
3 years, 3 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Viral fever kills 50 children in Firozabad; CM Yogi Adityanath removes CMO

India TV News  

The Uttar Pradesh government has sprung into action after at least 50 children have died due to viral fever in Firozabad. Acting tough, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has even removed Chief Medical Officer of the district, Nita Kulshreshtha, and issued necessary guidelines to the administration. The Chief Minister, who is monitoring the situation himself, ordered the Health Department to keep a round-the-clock watch on Firozabad and has also ordered to increase beds in Government Medical College Hospital. In view of the increasing viral fever cases in the districts, the CM has also ordered to run surveillance and awareness program in the state from September 7 to 16, in which health workers would go door-to-door and identify those with fever and Covid symptoms.

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Yogi: UP on brink of ending encephalitis, formal announcement soon
1 year, 2 months ago

Yogi: UP on brink of ending encephalitis, formal announcement soon

Hindustan Times  

GORAKHPUR Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that Uttar Pradesh would soon get rid of the dreaded encephalitis and the announcement regarding its complete eradication would be made soon. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath meets the child injured in Deoria violence, at the BRD Medical College, in Gorakhpur, Tuesday. The CM said the state government had been conducting special campaigns …

3 Kids Die of Viral Fever in Bihar Hospital in Last 24 Hours, Toll Reaches 6
3 years, 3 months ago

3 Kids Die of Viral Fever in Bihar Hospital in Last 24 Hours, Toll Reaches 6

News 18  

The viral fever is turning out to be deadly in Bihar with three infants dying in Nalanda Medical College and Hospital over the last 24 hours. A two and a half month infant from Sarai in Vaishali district, admitted in NMCH on September 13, died on Tuesday. An official of Bihar Health Department said that 830 children with viral fever …

130 Children Hospitalised in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri with Fever, Dysentery
3 years, 3 months ago

130 Children Hospitalised in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri with Fever, Dysentery

News 18  

At least 130 children were admitted to Jalpaiguri Sadar Hospital with high fever and dysentery, a health department official said on Monday. The development comes amid warning by experts that the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic might pose a greater risk to children. District Magistrate Moumita Godara Basu, who visited the hospital during the day, held back-to-back meetings with …

Firozabad: 50 New Cases of Viral Fever & Dengue Reported, Death Toll Rises to 58
3 years, 3 months ago

Firozabad: 50 New Cases of Viral Fever & Dengue Reported, Death Toll Rises to 58

News 18  

With one more fatality, the death toll due to viral fever and dengue rose to 58 on Saturday in this Uttar Pradesh district even as 100 new patients were admitted to hospitals, officials said. Principal of the Government Medical College, Dr. Sangeeta Aneja said 100 new patients were admitted to different wards of the hospital on Saturday. The CMO office …

UP dengue outbreak: Patients dying due to 'lack of proper medical arrangements', says Mayawati
3 years, 3 months ago

UP dengue outbreak: Patients dying due to 'lack of proper medical arrangements', says Mayawati

Firstpost  

Fifty-five people have died as Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district has been battling an outbreak of dengue and deadly viral fever for the past two weeks Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Thursday voiced concern over the outbreak of dengue in Uttar Pradesh, and charged that many patients were dying due to lack of proper arrangements in government hospitals. The …

Spike in viral fever cases triggers fear in Bihar
3 years, 3 months ago

Spike in viral fever cases triggers fear in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

An early spike in viral infection in children has triggered panic among parents, who are rushing to hospitals with their wards, after two recent child deaths at a village in Saran sparked fears of a possible onset of the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, said officials monitoring the situation. All 84 beds in the paediatric unit of Patna’s Nalanda …

Bihar hospitals run out of space as viral fever cases among children see a spurt
3 years, 3 months ago

Bihar hospitals run out of space as viral fever cases among children see a spurt

India Today  

The outbreak of a viral fever in several districts of Bihar has posed a serious challenge to the state government as many children are getting admitted to hospitals, leading to a possible scarcity of beds in children's wards. Four big hospitals in Patna -- Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna Medical College and Hospital, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences …

Teams of specialist doctors to be sent to Firozabad, Agra, and Mathura as viral fever grips UP
3 years, 3 months ago

Teams of specialist doctors to be sent to Firozabad, Agra, and Mathura as viral fever grips UP

India Today  

As several districts in Uttar Pradesh witness an increase in cases of viral fever and dengue, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered three teams of three specialist doctors to be constituted and sent to Firozabad, Agra, and Mathura districts at the earliest. The state government has asked Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, King George's Medical University,, and …

Viral Fever in Firozabad: Central Team Says Majority Cases of Dengue, a Few of Scrub Typhus
3 years, 3 months ago

Viral Fever in Firozabad: Central Team Says Majority Cases of Dengue, a Few of Scrub Typhus

News 18  

A central team which was sent to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh to investigate the cause of a fever outbreak and deaths among children has observed that the majority of cases are of dengue and a few are of scrub typhus and leptospirosis. Based on the observations of the central team, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to the …

Uttar Pradesh: 105 fresh cases of dengue, viral fever surface in Firozabad
3 years, 3 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: 105 fresh cases of dengue, viral fever surface in Firozabad

India TV News  

As many as 105 patients with dengue and viral fever were admitted on Sunday to the government medical college in UP’s Firozabad, where the diseases have claimed 51 lives so far. The principal of the medical college, Dr. Sangeeta Aneja, said, "Today, 105 new patients of dengue and viral fever were admitted while 60 people recovered.” As of now, 447 …

UP: At least 171 children in Prayagraj hospitalised due to chronic diseases, viral fever, says CMO
3 years, 3 months ago

UP: At least 171 children in Prayagraj hospitalised due to chronic diseases, viral fever, says CMO

Firstpost  

The chronic diseases in question are encephalitis and pneumonia with viral fever. Oxygen support is crucial in such cases but the hospital is reportedly falling short of beds Prayagraj: Over 170 children have been admitted to Motilal Nehru Hospital of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh due to chronic diseases and viral fever like encephalitis and pneumonia where they need oxygen support …

Prayagraj: 171 children admitted to hospital due to chronic diseases, viral fever
3 years, 3 months ago

Prayagraj: 171 children admitted to hospital due to chronic diseases, viral fever

India TV News  

Prayagraj's Motilal Nehru Hospital has admitted over 170 children due to chronic diseases and viral fever like encephalitis and pneumonia. Some chronic diseases like encephalitis and pneumonia where they need oxygen support are admitted here," he said. As the floodwater is receding in the flood-affected areas, multiple cases of chronic diseases and viral fever are being observed among children. While …

Dengue Cases Spike in UP’s Firozabad, Centre Sends Experts
3 years, 3 months ago

Dengue Cases Spike in UP’s Firozabad, Centre Sends Experts

News 18  

Over 50 people, including 40 children, have died due to Dengue fever in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh. As the situation is worsening the Centre has sent a team of experts associated with National Centre for Disease Control and National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme to Firozabad, on September 1, to bring the spiraling cases under control. UP Chief Minister …

Dengue deaths: UP govt officials interact with patients at Firozabad medical college
3 years, 3 months ago

Dengue deaths: UP govt officials interact with patients at Firozabad medical college

India TV News  

Several senior officials of the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday visited the state-run medical college here and interacted with patients of dengue and viral fever. The officials, including Principal Secretary Alok Kumar, also went to Salai primary health center and then to Abbas Nagar, one of the affected areas. Kumar later got 8-year-old Hashmi and 11-year-old Zeenat from Abbas Nagar …

Firozabad: Govt official denies hiding death figures as toll due to viral fever, dengue crosses 50
3 years, 3 months ago

Firozabad: Govt official denies hiding death figures as toll due to viral fever, dengue crosses 50

India Today  

As death toll due viral fever crossed 50, Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary, Medical Education Department, Alok Kumar on Saturday took stock of the situation in Firozabad. When asked about allegations that the government is hiding data on deaths due to viral illness, Alok Kumar denied the claims. At a meeting in Lucknow, CM Yogi Adityanath had directed the Principal Secretary, …

Firozabad: Death toll due to viral fever and dengue climbs to 50
3 years, 3 months ago

Firozabad: Death toll due to viral fever and dengue climbs to 50

India Today  

As the viral illnesses are wreaking havoc in Uttar Pradesh, three fresh fatalities from dengue and viral fever have been reported in Firozabad on Friday, taking the total death toll to 50. There are 36 active camps in the district and 3,719 people, including those who have fever, are undergoing treatment there, Chief Medical Officer Dinesh Kumar Premi noted in …

14 dead, including 12 children due to dengue-like viral fever in UP's Mathura
3 years, 3 months ago

14 dead, including 12 children due to dengue-like viral fever in UP's Mathura

India TV News  

As many as 14 people, including 12 children, have died due to viral fever in Mathura district, said Dr Bhudev, who is the in-charge of the COVID control room, on Thursday. "As of Thursday morning, the deaths due to viral fever in Mathura district have gone up to 14 from seven. Navneet Singh Chahal, Mathura District Collector, told ANI, "Due …

Over 40 children die of 'mystery fever' in Firozabad as western Uttar Pradesh grapples with outbreak
3 years, 3 months ago

Over 40 children die of 'mystery fever' in Firozabad as western Uttar Pradesh grapples with outbreak

Firstpost  

Firoz­a­bad has been the worst-hit dist­r­ict, with nea­r­ly 50 cas­ualties. The viral fever has also grip­ped Agra, Math­ura, Mainpuri, Eta­wah and Kasganj in the past few days For over a week, western parts of Uttar Pradesh have been reporting deaths among children due to a mysterious mysterious dengue-like fever. Earlier on Sunday, Asija said that more than 40 children have …

UP CM Yogi Adityanath directs officials to take care of dengue situation in Firozabad
3 years, 3 months ago

UP CM Yogi Adityanath directs officials to take care of dengue situation in Firozabad

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed all the concerned departments to take due care of medical facilities and cleanliness in view of the dengue and viral fever-related deaths of children in the state's Firozabad district in the last couple of days. CM Yogi Adityanath visited Firozabad to overview the arrangements and directed the medical education and medical health …

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