Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a deadly cholera epidemic, the government and aid workers said on Saturday.
Amid widespread relief that the hurricane largely spared crowded camps in the Haitian capital housing 1.3 million quake survivors, the international
With as many as 21 deaths occurring due to an outbreak of diarrhoeal diseases, including cholera, in a cluster of tea estates in Sonitpur district over two weeks, the Assam government on Monday decided to file cases against three tea estates for gross negligence of healthcare of labourers.
Raipur: A cholera outbreak may have gone undetected in South Bastar this monsoon. Since June, a steady stream of deaths have been reported in the Maoist-hit districts of Bijapur and Dantewada.
Contaminated water sources and the virtual absence of health care claim dozens of lives in the State, now in the grip of cholera.
COME monsoon and the backward regions of Orissa are in the grip of water-borne diseases. This year too has been no different. According to official figures, 150 people had died of cholera and diarrhoea in the State as on September 15.
Contaminated water sources and the virtual absence of health care claim dozens of lives in the State, now in the grip of cholera.
COME monsoon and the backward regions of Orissa are in the grip of water-borne diseases. This year too has been no different. According to official figures, 150 people had died of cholera and diarrhoea in the State as on September 15.
The nation, it seems, is in the sickroom this monsoon. Hospitals in Delhi are overcrowded with dengue cases, running into a few thousands, and last week, more than 75 cases were detected on a single day. Outbreaks of chikungunya have been declared over the last two months in as many as 14 states. Doctors in Mumbai are worrying over a major malaria epidemic.
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to file a status report on the outbreak of cholera and diarrhoea diseases in each affected district.
A division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice V Gopalgowda and Justice Indrajit Mahanty, while adjudicating over a PIL filed by an advocate of the court, directed the state government to file the status report and po
Bhubaneswar: Holding the Odisha government responsible for the spread of cholera in the southern region, the State Congress on Tuesday demanded chief minister Naveen Patnaik's visit to the worst-hit Rayagada district and apologize for failing to keep his promises.
Cholera is spreading in districts like Rayagada, Koraput and Nabarangpur due to collapse of health services, public distribution sys
