Deaths because of hepatitis were on the increase in the interiors of Sindh, said Sindh Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor Dr Abdul Qadir Mughal.
But the poor of the province were not aware of the killer disease, he said on Tuesday at the launching of a three-day campaign to diagnose hepatitis B and C, at the university dispensary.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Health to expedite efforts for ensuring complete eradication of Hepatitis from the country. The prime minister was talking to Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mehreen Bhutto at Parliament House Chamber here.
About 1010 people were found hepatitis B and C positive out of 12,000 screened at Civil Hospital Makli, Sujawal taluka hospital and Shaikh Zaid Medical Centre, Mirpur Sakro, said EDO of health Dr Arifa Tahirani on Thursday.
AHMEDABAD: Hepatitis-B scare that swept city followed by anomalies in disposal of biomedical waste (BMW) seem to have finally prompted Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to plan its own BMW disposal site in a public-private partnership (PPP).
Going into the general elections, Narendra Modi will fight not his rivals, but a virus. A Hepatitis B outbreak in the northern district of Modasa and nearby villages has claimed 61 lives since February and infected more than 185 people. The virus attacks the liver and can cause death from cirrhosis or cancer.
Ahmedabad : Hepatitis-B outbreak that crept silently upon unsuspecting victims has claimed more lives than the Surat plague which drew global attention and saw not less than five lakh people fleeing the city in panic!
Final toll of hepatitis-B that startled health authorities by claiming quick victims stood at 59 on Tuesday. The final death toll of Surat plague was 56.
Ahmedabad: Hepatitis-B outbreak that crept silently upon unsuspecting victims has claimed more lives than the suspected Surat plague which drew global attention and saw not less than five lakh people fleeing the city in panic!
Ahmedabad: The deadly hepatitis-B virus claimed its 58th victim in Meghraj taluka in Sabarkantha on Monday A harried health department has now concentrated its surveillance in Idar taluka as fresh cases have been traced to this area. With this 53 fresh cases have been reported in the last few days, most of them in Sabarkantha.
Ahmedabad: The deadly mutant strain of hepatitis-B has now got its first reported victim in Ahmedabad. But, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) seems to be hardly affected by it. Health committee of AMC will be holding an 'emergency' meeting, which has been scheduled only in the next week.
AT LEAST nine kidney patients were infected with Hepatitis C while being treated at a Manhattan dialysis center that was closed by US health officials last year, according to the results of an investigation published on Thursday by the federal Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
