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SC asks Delhi top brass to tackle dengue

Noting that the “interests of the people are paramount”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to join hands and find solutions to… The Hindu – Delhi

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‘Terminator’ to train guns on dengue, chikungunya

Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates – Times of India

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Delhi government launches chikungunya, dengue helpline

011-22307145 can be called to get information relating to the nearest fever clinics and also medical assistance. The Hindu – Delhi

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9/29/2015: FRONT PAGE: From 29 to 1.2k, dengue toll swings wildly

New Delhi: Is dengue claiming a handful of lives every year in Delhi or are there hundreds dying from the dreaded disease? Official data presents both these vastly different scenarios. Two sets of figures, both from the municipal corporations, put the… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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Dengue epidemic: Delhi cancels leaves of doctors, paramedics

New Delhi: With the number of dengue cases surging in the capital, the Delhi government on Monday cancelled the leaves of doctors and paramedical staff at all its hospitals. “The government issued a circular today (Monday) that the leav Sify.com

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New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal during a press conference at AAP office in New Delhi on Feb, 1,2015.(Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)

Let’s fight dengue first, Kejriwal tells Centre

New Delhi :  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged the central government to fight the dengue menace together with the AAP government instead of indulging in political rivalry. “My request to the central government is: Can’t we fight on these issues after two months? Let us fight dengue for now,” the chief minister […]

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Dengue death toll rises to 16,over 2,000 affected

New Delhi: Delhi remained in the grip ofpanic over dengue as two minor girls died of it taking thetoll to 16 on a day the number of people down with themosquito-borne fever crossed 2,000 as hospitals across thecity continued to reel under Sify.com

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Dengue: Delhi mulls anti-negligence law for hospitals

New Delhi: The death of another child due to dengue allegedly after being turned away from hospitals — the second such case in a week — led Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to conduct surprise inspections of hospitals on Tuesday and discuss pos Sify.com

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Dengue kills three more in Delhi, government caps tests at Rs.600

New Delhi : Dengue claimed the lives of three more people in the national capital — a 41-year-old woman, a seven-year-old boy and a 14-year-old — taking the toll to 16, even though officially the toll stayed at five. The Delhi government fixed Rs.600 as the maximum any private hospital can charge for dengue tests. Monika Bahl […]

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Another child dies of dengue in Delhi, as hospitals turn him away

New Delhi :  A week after a seven-year-old boy died of dengue in the national capital following hospital authorities’ callousness, another child died in the city on Sunday after four hospitals his hapless parents approached declined admission. Aman died on Sunday night after being denied admission by various hospitals, family members said on Tuesday. They […]

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9/16/2015: FRONT PAGE: Govt jolted into action after hospital apathy kills another kid with dengue Family loses both children within 5 years

New Delhi: The tragic death of two children affected by dengue – the latest on Sunday – has brought the public health crisis in the capital into sharp focus and jolted Delhi government. If the suicide of a couple whose seven-yearold son had died of… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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Another child dies of dengue, Delhi mulls anti-negligence law for hospitals

New Delhi : The death of another child due to dengue allegedly after being turned away from hospitals — the second such case in a week — led Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to conduct surprise inspections of hospitals on Tuesday and discuss possibility of an assembly session to frame a law to deal with “negligence” […]

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Two die of dengue in Delhi

New Delhi  :  Two people have died of dengue in the national capital and the number of cases has soared to 340, municipal health data said Monday. The number of cases was 225 last week. While Mahender Singh, a 48-year-old resident of west Delhi, was the first in the city who died due to dengue, […]

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Deadly Dengue is back: Causes, symptoms, prevention and cure

Monsoon and diseases, a bond forever!!! The present climate indicating 28-30 degree Celsius with high humidity is conducive to breeding of the Aedes mosquito. Rising temperature, change of rainfall (either high or low and its timing) and humidity in the country leads to these infectious diseases. Studies suggests that while intensified rainfall favours mosquito breeding, […]

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Delhi records first two dengue cases in 2014

New Delhi  :  The national capital has registered its first two cases of dengue this year, municipal official said Tuesday. The two cases were reported from the north zone last weekend. Last year, six people died due to the vector-borne disease and a total of 5,546 cases were reported from the national capital and adjoining […]

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