Health Minister Anup Mishra today admitted in the Assembly that the expected improvement had not taken place in health services but added that responsibilities were bestowed and accountability fixed from the level of the Minister to those of Principal Secretary, Secretary, Commissioner, Director and other officials with a view to betterment.

Equipment for the treatment of dengue at various hospitals is lying non-functional due to the delay in the issuance of a licence from the Central Government and failure of the blood banks to fulfil guidelines stipulated by the Drug and Cosmetic Act.

SHILLONG: Meghalaya has recorded a high of 149 deaths from malaria cases till September this year .Majority of them are from Garo Hills. A senior government official said that the total number of deaths for this year might rise as all the figures were yet to collated. A large number of death cases go unreported, the official admitted on Monday.

Winter chill has finally settled in the national Capital. On Thursday, Delhi witnessed a drizzle-drenched day with the minimum temperature dipping down to 15 degrees Celsius. This made it the coldest November day in the last five years in the city.

The maximum temperature was recorded at 22.4 degrees Celsius.

With four deaths from dengue and 710 cases being reported from hospitals across the city so far, the Red Cross is faced with a growing demand for blood, needed to fight the outbreak.

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Cyclone Phyan may have spared the city, but the downpour it caused didn't. The unexpected showers have made the civic health authorities worried about a fresh spurt in cases of malaria, which, they say, is now bound to rear its head in the city again.

New Delhi: The number of dengue cases being reported in the city seems to be on the rise. A total of 45 cases were reported on Wednesday as against 42 cases reported on Tuesday

New Delhi: On Tuesday, the MCD confirmed 42 fresh dengue cases in the capital. So far, this is the highest number of dengue cases reported in one day. With this, the toll has risen to 627. MCD health officials issued 1,335 challans on Tuesday alone while only 5,116 challans have been issued so far this year.

Officials in charge of ongoing construction work at the Commonwealth Games Village have been fined by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi after civic agency officials found mosquitoes breeding at the site.