It is a bitter dose to swallow. Injections and intravenous drips are rampantly administered across Maharashtra, including Mumbai-even when unnecessary, says a new research.
Ahmedabad : Eleven new cases of Hepatitis-B have been reported in Sabarkantha district in North Gujarat on Sunday. The total number of cases reported has now reached to 184. According to health officials, the death toll is 56 as no deaths were reported on Sunday.
Ahmedabad: With no deaths reported from hepatitis-hit Sabarakantha district on Sunday, the toll stood at 56, while 11 new cases were admitted from Modasa, Idar and Meghraj taluks
The Gujarat health department is investigating the role of about seven companies which could be involved in the recycling of the biomedical waste, health department officials said on Sunday.
KUTCH: A suspected case of hepatitis-B the disease that has claimed 60 lives in Modasa taluka of Sabarkantha district and infected several
more in several parts of Gujarat has now been reported from Adipur town. District health department officials have, however, denied any case in the area.
Surat : Is a hepatitis-B bomb ticking in Surat? At a time when state's health department has launched intensive drives against
unauthorised medical practice to rein in the deadly virus, quacks rule the roost in the diamond city.
VADODARA : In a case that has uncanny similarities with hepatitis B outbreak in Modasa, a 23-year-old woman took ill after taking an intravenous injection and drips about five months ago for diarrhoea and vomiting. The district health officials have filed a police complaint against the doctor on grounds that his credentials were questionable.
MUMBAI: The 43 deaths in Modasa town of Gujarat's Sabarkantha district over the last fortnight due to hepatitis B underlines how widespread this viral infection really is.
"It is one of the biggest public health challenges,'' said gastroenterologist Dr D N Amarapurkar of Bombay Hospital.
