Nine-month-old girl dies after hospital denies admission
The surprising thing here is that the doctor whom the father showed his daughter to, confirmed the problem, yet, refused to take them in.
Sep 14, 2016, 21:09 PM IST
Dengue outbreak showed up government failure on health, sanitation fronts
The total number of dengue cases in the capital has crossed the 12,500 mark, with 32 deaths, municipal authorities admitted earlier this week.
Oct 22, 2015, 17:29 PM IST
Over 10,000 dengue cases in Delhi highest in 19 years
The last time dengue cases crossed the 10,000 mark was in 1996, when the capital city reported 10,252 patients
Oct 12, 2015, 20:58 PM IST
Delhi's dengue toll hits 30, cases climb to 9,438
The toll due to dengue in the national capital has touched 30 while the number of infected people has risen to 9,438, municipal authorities said on Thursday.
Oct 08, 2015, 23:27 PM IST
Dengue fatality toll: Major differences in compiled data for the years 2010-2014
A huge discrepancy exists between two different sets of data compiled by the municipal corporations here pertaining to dengue-related fatalities in the national capital between 2010 and 2014.
Oct 04, 2015, 12:14 PM IST
Dengue: Doctors provide treatment without waiting for ELISA reports
As Delhi continues to grapple with a raging dengue crisis, doctors in government hospitals have started providing standard treatment required to alleviate symptoms in a suspected dengue patient without waiting for ELISA test reports so as to keep a check on the rising cases.
Oct 04, 2015, 00:32 AM IST
Delhi hospitals get 400 new beds to accommodate dengue patients
As part of the initiatives to tackle dengue in the national capital, 400 new beds were bought by the state government, which would soon be placed in hospitals handling the highest number of cases.
Oct 02, 2015, 20:49 PM IST
Dengue menace: 1,680 fresh cases in one week; total nearly 5,500
Nearly 1,700 fresh dengue cases have been reported in the city in the last one week, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease to 5,471.
Sep 25, 2015, 23:01 PM IST
Taiwan suffers deadliest ever dengue outbreak
Taiwan is suffering its deadliest ever outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever with a record high of 42 deaths, authorities said today, double the number that died in 2014.
Sep 24, 2015, 21:07 PM IST
Dengue toll reaches 27, officials say actual figure could be higher
As the dengue toll reached 27, officials Wednesday said the figure could be higher as reporting from private hospitals about such deaths was "irregular and sluggish".
Sep 23, 2015, 20:47 PM IST
Two more dengue deaths in Delhi, toll rises to 25
Two more persons including a minor died of Dengue in the National Capital even as hospitals in the city today witnessed a sharp rise in the number of people seeking treatment for the vector borne disease.
Sep 22, 2015, 19:50 PM IST
Another man dies of dengue in Delhi, death toll reaches 23
The death toll due to dengue reached 23 in the national capital on Saturday, with a 38-year-old man from south Delhi dying at Batra Hospital.
Sep 19, 2015, 21:28 PM IST
Dengue: Step up check on mosquito breeding after rain, Centre to Delhi govt
The Centre on Saturday issued a fresh advisory to Delhi government to "intensify" measures to check the breeding of mosquitoes after experts warned that the dengue situation may worsen in the wake of fresh showers in the national capital.
Sep 19, 2015, 18:17 PM IST
Dengue death toll rises to 16; over 2,000 affected in Delhi
Delhi remained in the grip of panic over dengue as two minor girls died of it taking the toll to 16 on a day the number of people down with the mosquito-borne fever crossed 2,000 as hospitals across the city continued to reel under acute pressure.
Sep 17, 2015, 22:22 PM IST
Three more die of dengue; another 7-year-old child succumbs
Dengue has claimed three more lives in the national capital including a 7-year-old boy who succumbed to the vector-borne disease today.
Sep 16, 2015, 22:11 PM IST
DNA: Analysis of Delhi govt struggle with dengue outbreak
An analysis of Delhi govt struggle with dengue outbreak.
Sep 16, 2015, 16:18 PM IST
Lady constable dies of dengue in Ghaziabad, 60 tested positive
A 45-year-old woman constable today died of suspected dengue here, with 60 more persons tested positive for the virus in the district.
Sep 15, 2015, 23:33 PM IST
29-yr-old woman succumbs, dengue toll up to 11 in Delhi
The toll from dengue here climbed to 11 today as one more death -- of a 29-year old woman -- was reported due to the vector-borne disease that has caused a widespread scare in the national capital.
Sep 15, 2015, 20:46 PM IST
Dengue virus outbreak in Delhi: Death toll rises to nine
In a latest development in the dengue virus outbreak in the national capital of Delhi, a 43-year-old man has succumbed to the disease at the Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital, taking the death toll to nine in the city.
Sep 15, 2015, 11:43 AM IST
