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-The Telegraph&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Mamata Banerjee government&#039;s decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration&#039;s alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &amp;quot;unnecessary panic&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Since the start of the year&#039;s dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department&#039;s refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&amp;quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&amp;quot; a health department official said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &amp;quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&amp;quot; a city-based health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&amp;quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &amp;quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&amp;quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &amp;quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it&#039;s going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&amp;quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Apollo: 17&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ID Hospital, Beleghata: 14 (revealed by a source)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Belle Vue: 3 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Peerless: 3&lt;br /&gt;
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-The Telegraph&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Mamata Banerjee government&#039;s decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration&#039;s alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &amp;quot;unnecessary panic&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Since the start of the year&#039;s dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department&#039;s refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&amp;quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&amp;quot; a health department official said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &amp;quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&amp;quot; a city-based health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&amp;quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &amp;quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&amp;quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &amp;quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it&#039;s going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&amp;quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Death count &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Apollo: 17&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ID Hospital, Beleghata: 14 (revealed by a source)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; AMRI Hospitals (three units): 12 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Medica: 5 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Belle Vue: 3 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Peerless: 3&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government is not releasing data on the number of people suffering from dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease, apparently to prevent &amp;ldquo;unnecessary panic&amp;rdquo;.
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                <div align="justify">-The Telegraph<br /><br />The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.<br /><br />To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.<br /><br />The Mamata Banerjee government's decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration's alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.<br /><br />Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &quot;unnecessary panic&quot;.<br /><br />Since the start of the year's dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.<br /><br />A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.<br /><br />The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.<br /><br />Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.<br /><br />On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.<br /><br />Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.<br /><br />The health department's refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.<br /><br />&quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.<br /><br />The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.<br /><br />&quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&quot; a health department official said.<br /><br />Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&quot; a city-based health expert said.<br /><br />&quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&quot;<br /><br />Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.<br /><br />&quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.<br /><br />Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it's going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.<br /><br />According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports.<br /><br />--<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Dengue.jpg" alt="Dengue" width="310" height="319" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong>Death count <br /></strong><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apollo: 17<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ID Hospital, Beleghata: 14 (revealed by a source)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AMRI Hospitals (three units): 12 <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Medica: 5 <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Belle Vue: 3 <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peerless: 3<br /><br />The government is not releasing data on the number of people suffering from dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease, apparently to prevent &ldquo;unnecessary panic&rdquo;.</div>               </font>
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-The Telegraph&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Mamata Banerjee government&#039;s decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration&#039;s alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &amp;quot;unnecessary panic&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Since the start of the year&#039;s dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.&lt;br /&gt;
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On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department&#039;s refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&amp;quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&amp;quot; a health department official said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &amp;quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&amp;quot; a city-based health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&amp;quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &amp;quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&amp;quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &amp;quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it&#039;s going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&amp;quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Belle Vue: 3 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Peerless: 3&lt;br /&gt;
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The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.

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-The Telegraph&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Mamata Banerjee government&#039;s decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration&#039;s alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &amp;quot;unnecessary panic&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Since the start of the year&#039;s dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department&#039;s refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&amp;quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&amp;quot; a health department official said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &amp;quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&amp;quot; a city-based health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&amp;quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &amp;quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&amp;quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &amp;quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it&#039;s going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&amp;quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Death count &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Apollo: 17&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ID Hospital, Beleghata: 14 (revealed by a source)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; AMRI Hospitals (three units): 12 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Medica: 5 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Belle Vue: 3 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Peerless: 3&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government is not releasing data on the number of people suffering from dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease, apparently to prevent &amp;ldquo;unnecessary panic&amp;rdquo;.
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Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.<br /><br />Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.<br /><br />On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.<br /><br />Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.<br /><br />The health department's refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.<br /><br />&quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.<br /><br />The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.<br /><br />&quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&quot; a health department official said.<br /><br />Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&quot; a city-based health expert said.<br /><br />&quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&quot;<br /><br />Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.<br /><br />&quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.<br /><br />Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it's going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.<br /><br />According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. 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The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Mamata Banerjee government&#039;s decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration&#039;s alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.&lt;br /&gt;
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A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.&lt;br /&gt;
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The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
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Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
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Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;
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	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Telegraph&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mamata Banerjee government&#039;s decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration&#039;s alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &amp;quot;unnecessary panic&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the start of the year&#039;s dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The health department&#039;s refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&amp;quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&amp;quot; a health department official said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &amp;quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&amp;quot; a city-based health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&amp;quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &amp;quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&amp;quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &amp;quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it&#039;s going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&amp;quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. 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-The Telegraph&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Mamata Banerjee government&#039;s decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration&#039;s alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &amp;quot;unnecessary panic&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Since the start of the year&#039;s dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department&#039;s refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&amp;quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&amp;quot; a health department official said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &amp;quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&amp;quot; a city-based health expert said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&amp;quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &amp;quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&amp;quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &amp;quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it&#039;s going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&amp;quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Death count &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Apollo: 17&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ID Hospital, Beleghata: 14 (revealed by a source)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; AMRI Hospitals (three units): 12 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Medica: 5 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Belle Vue: 3 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Peerless: 3&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government is not releasing data on the number of people suffering from dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease, apparently to prevent &amp;ldquo;unnecessary panic&amp;rdquo;.
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Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.<br /><br />Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.<br /><br />On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.<br /><br />Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.<br /><br />The health department's refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.<br /><br />&quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.<br /><br />The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.<br /><br />&quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&quot; a health department official said.<br /><br />Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&quot; a city-based health expert said.<br /><br />&quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&quot;<br /><br />Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.<br /><br />&quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.<br /><br />Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it's going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.<br /><br />According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. 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-The Telegraph<br />
<br />
The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.<br />
<br />
To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.<br />
<br />
The Mamata Banerjee government's decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration's alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.<br />
<br />
Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &quot;unnecessary panic&quot;.<br />
<br />
Since the start of the year's dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.<br />
<br />
A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.<br />
<br />
The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.<br />
<br />
Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.<br />
<br />
On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.<br />
<br />
Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.<br />
<br />
The health department's refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.<br />
<br />
&quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.<br />
<br />
The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.<br />
<br />
&quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&quot; a health department official said.<br />
<br />
Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&quot; a city-based health expert said.<br />
<br />
&quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&quot;<br />
<br />
Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.<br />
<br />
&quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.<br />
<br />
Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it's going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.<br />
<br />
According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports.<br />
<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ID Hospital, Beleghata: 14 (revealed by a source)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Medica: 5 <br />
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-The Telegraph<br />
<br />
The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government.<br />
<br />
To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year.<br />
<br />
The Mamata Banerjee government's decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration's alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time.<br />
<br />
Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing &quot;unnecessary panic&quot;.<br />
<br />
Since the start of the year's dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.<br />
<br />
A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14.<br />
<br />
The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.<br />
<br />
Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.<br />
<br />
On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.<br />
<br />
Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.<br />
<br />
The health department's refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.<br />
<br />
&quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.<br />
<br />
The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.<br />
<br />
&quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&quot; a health department official said.<br />
<br />
Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&quot; a city-based health expert said.<br />
<br />
&quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&quot;<br />
<br />
Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.<br />
<br />
&quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.<br />
<br />
Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it's going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.<br />
<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AMRI Hospitals (three units): 12 <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Medica: 5 <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Belle Vue: 3 <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peerless: 3<br />
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Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital.<br /><br />Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with.<br /><br />On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue.<br /><br />Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state.<br /><br />The health department's refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth.<br /><br />&quot;It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control,&quot; a Delhi-based public health expert said.<br /><br />The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease.<br /><br />&quot;This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic,&quot; a health department official said.<br /><br />Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. &quot;Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease,&quot; a city-based health expert said.<br /><br />&quot;Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented.&quot;<br /><br />Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius.<br /><br />&quot;It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate,&quot; said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. &quot;Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago,&quot; said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season.<br /><br />Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. &quot;The number was coming down a few days ago but it's going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure,&quot; said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group.<br /><br />According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports.<br /><br />--<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><img src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Dengue.jpg" alt="Dengue" width="310" height="319" /> <br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><strong>Death count <br /></strong><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apollo: 17<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ID Hospital, Beleghata: 14 (revealed by a source)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AMRI Hospitals (three units): 12 <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Medica: 5 <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Belle Vue: 3 <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peerless: 3<br /><br />The government is not releasing data on the number of people suffering from dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease, apparently to prevent &ldquo;unnecessary panic&rdquo;.</div>'
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Deadly dengue under data wraps -Sanjay Mandal

-The Telegraph The death of more than 50 dengue patients in eight city hospitals this year offers a peek into the severity of the menace but the extent of the crisis remains unknown in the absence of figures from the government. To put things in perspective, the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito had claimed less than 20 lives across the state last year. The Mamata Banerjee government's decision to prefer secrecy to transparency on dengue has raised suspicions of a cover-up among health care experts, who have long been highlighting the administration's alleged failure to launch mosquito-control measures in time. Health department officials, however, are claiming that the information blackout is aimed at preventing "unnecessary panic". Since the start of the year's dengue season around four months ago, 17 patients have died of the disease at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals. A health department official told Metro on the condition of anonymity that the death count at the government-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata stood at 14. The three units of AMRI Hospitals (in Mukundapur, Dhakuria and Salt Lake) have recorded 12 deaths, while three persons have died of dengue at Belle Vue Clinic. Five dengue deaths have been reported at Medica Superspecialty Hospital and three at Peerless Hospital. Public health experts suspect the actual victim count could be many times more because hundreds of dengue patients are being treated at state-run hospitals and in private hospitals apart from the ones this newspaper has got in in touch with. On Friday, for instance, a dengue death was reported from a nursing home in the Taltala area. The family of Imtiaz Ahmed, who was admitted to Royd Nursing Home, said the death certificate had mentioned dengue. Last year, when the government would regularly update the dengue death count, the winged menace had claimed less than 20 lives in the state. The health department's refusal to release figures this year has led to suspicions that the government was keen on hiding the truth. "It seems the health department is desperate to cover up its failure and the failure of the civic authorities to curb the mosquito population, which is responsible for the situation spiralling out of control," a Delhi-based public health expert said. The health department over the past two months has been maintaining silence on the number of people testing positive for dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease. "This is deliberate. Regular release of data would have created unnecessary panic," a health department official said. Health experts are dubbing the move counter-productive, as people are under the mistaken impression that the outbreak has been contained. "Regular information flow would have spurred the people into taking proactive measures against the disease," a city-based health expert said. "Such information flow would also have spread awareness better. A large number of people in and around the city are ignorant of the causes of the disease and how it can be prevented." Experts have warned that the city is going through the peak dengue season. As the rains have stopped, there are pockets of fresh water across the city where the dengue-causing mosquitoes are laying eggs. The average minimum temperature over the past seven days has been 23.8 degrees Celsius. "It is neither too cold nor too warm. The conditions are ideal for a spurt in the vector population growth. Dengue is likely to escalate," said A.K. Mishra, a former director of the National Institute of Virology, Pune. "Instead of firefighting, the authorities should take a year-long mosquito-control programme." "The number of people being admitted with dengue is on the rise again, as it was a month ago," said Chandramouli Bhattacharya, a specialist in infectious diseases at Peerless Hospital. Nine dengue patients are admitted under him. The hospital has recorded three dengue deaths this season. Apollo, too, is witnessing a surge in the number of dengue patients. "The number was coming down a few days ago but it's going up again. Unlike in previous years, many patients are coming with severe conditions like mutli-organ failure," said Rupali Basu, president and CEO, Apollo Hospitals group. According to health department sources, 80 dengue patients are admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital. As many as 400 are showing dengue symptoms and awaiting blood test reports. --     Death count     Apollo: 17     ID Hospital, Beleghata: 14 (revealed by a source)     AMRI Hospitals (three units): 12     Medica: 5     Belle Vue: 3     Peerless: 3 The government is not releasing data on the number of people suffering from dengue or the number of deaths caused by the disease, apparently to prevent “unnecessary panic”.