May 10: Even as the city awaited the confirmatory tests on the presence of cholera in the city, it transpired that state health officials have flouted every rule in the book in treating cholera patients, and victims.

HYDERABAD: The health authorities on Saturday confirmed that 16 patients, who were admitted to the Fever and the Gandhi Hospitals here between May 5 and 6, have tested positive for cholera. Out of the 16 confirmed, 12 were from the Fever Hospital while the rest were admitted in the Gandhi hospital.

May 7: Nearly 100 fresh cases, mostly children suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea, were reported at various hospitals in the city on Thursday while some of the patients were refusing to leave the hospital despite being given the discharge slip. The principal secretary for health, Mr L.V. Subramaniam said:

May 7: The biological analysis of water samples from Bholakpur revealed abnormal presence of E.coli which is found in human faeces.
According to health experts, water that has high E.coli content is unfit for human consumption. In all, seven persons have died and 300 others were hospitalised after drinking contaminated water supplied through pipelines in Bholakpur.

HYDERABAD: It is supposed to be the elixir of life. But consumption of contaminated water claimed five lives and led to the hospitalisation of over 200 persons in Bholakpur locality in the Andhra Pradesh capital on Tuesday.

VED JAINThe Maytas Infrastructure board is scheduled to meet next week to evaluate the Rs 12,000-crore Hyderabad Metro project. The six-member board, with majority of directors nominated by the government, is evaluating the various aspects of the prestigious project, including land acquisition and financial closure.

Seven persons, three of them children, died and 200 others were hospitalised after they consumed contaminated water in Bholakpur and its adjoining areas in the heart of the new city.

May 5: An irate mob attacked the MP, Mr Anjan Kumar Yadav, and Water Board officials at Bholakpur on Tuesday after six persons of the area died of consuming contaminated water.
Police had to use force to disperse the agitating residents and the human rights commission sought a report from the concerned officials.
The angry mob pelted stones on the MP

May 5: In a shameful incident, six persons, three of them children, died and 200 others were hospitalised after they consumed contaminated water in Bholakpur and its adjoining areas in the heart of the new city.

Both the air passengers admitted to the Government Chest Hospital on Sunday

HYDERABAD: Two more persons, a 29-year-old passenger travelling from West Germany to Hyderabad and a 37-year-old self employed person, who came to Hyderabad from Canada on April 26, were admitted to the Government Chest Hospital, Erragadda, on Sunday with suspected symptoms of swine flu.