Hyderabad: Doctors in the city have reported treating a few cases of cholera. Director of Public Health Dr B. Ravinder Nayak, when asked about cholera cases, said none had been reported in the state in the past few months. Doctors said these cases had been confirmed after cultures of stool samples of suspected patients were tested for the Vibrio cholerae …
The Health department has strengthened measures against the spread of viral hepatitis and shigellosis or Shigella bacterial infection across the district. Viral hepatitis was reported at several places in Vallikkunnu, Chelembra, Kuzhimanna and Pallikkal grama panchayats. As many as 1,420 confirmed viral hepatitis cases and 5,360 unconfirmed cases were reported in the district in the current year. In June alone, …
