-Hindustan Times New Delhi: Dengue figures in the Capital may have been grossly under-reported, shows an analysis of data from various hospitals. Eight government hospitals have reported 13 deaths as on Saturday, but the municipal corporations have confirmed just five. Data from the civic bodies, which collate information from all private and government hospitals, clinics and nursing homes across the Capital, confirms just 1,872 dengue cases. This figure seems grossly low as data...
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Dengue outbreak: Delhi corporations caught on wrong foot over data -Durgesh Nandan Jha & Mayank Manohar
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Municipal corporations' claim that Delhi witnessed less than 2,000 dengue cases and five deaths as on September 12 is totally misleading. Records accessed by TOI show that AIIMS, Safdarjung, Lok Nayak, St Stephen's and Sir Ganga Ram hospitals alone have treated more than 2,400 dengue cases this season. These five hospitals have reported about 19 deaths, four times the number of dengue deaths being reported by...
More »66% drop in funds in 3 years has crippled war on dengue -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The war against dengue and other deadly mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and chikungunya appears to have been lost in Delhi. While the focus has been on the paucity of hospital beds for dengue patients, no one is asking the real question: what has been done to prevent the outbreak of vector-borne diseases, year after year? Why have things come to this pass? Far from girding...
More »‘Antibiotic addict’ India losing fight against lethal bacteria -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India LONDON: India is the world's antibiotic popping capital, recording the highest number of such pills consumed annually — 13 billion pills as against 10 billion in China and 7 billion in the US. As a result of such reckless use, deadly strains of life-taking bacteria that are resistant to even the latest generation of antibiotics have been found to be rampant in India. The first State of the World's...
More »Bank of Maharashtra launches soil and water health card for farmers
-PTI Mumbai: In a bid to help farmers increase soil productivity by appropriate use of fertilisers, Bank of Maharashtra has launched a soil and water health card which will help them ascertain the nutrient status of their farm lands. “It will give farmers the level of nutrients available in their farm land so that they can administer correct dosage of fertilisers. This will help improve soil fertility and crop yield,” bank’s executive...
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