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4 dead due to anaemia and typhoid in Nawada

Patna, Aug 17 (IANS) Four persons including 3 minors died in Bihar's Nawada district on Monday night. They were suffering from anaemia and also had symptoms of typhoid.This was the second such incident in the last one week. Earlier, three children died in the same district.The deceased were identified as Rinki Kumari, Karisma Kumari, Lado Kumari and their aunt Sonam Devi. All of them were residents of Baratandi village. Another minor girl named Vibha Kumari is battling for her life in RIMS Pawapuri."As soon as we learnt about the incident, a medical team was rushed to the village. I also visited the place and directed the medical team to give corona vaccine to every villager," said Yashpal Meena, district magistrate of Nawada."Preliminary medical reports revealed that the patients were suffering from anaemia. Their haemoglobin was low and it resulted in typhoid. The victims were admitted in Sadar hospital Nawada. As their condition was not improving, the doctors referred them to PMCH for better treatment. The family members of the victims refused to go there for treatment," said a senior officer of the medical team.--IANS ajk/bg
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7 dead, over 17,000 infected with dengue in SL

Colombo, Aug 13 (IANS) Dengue fever has killed seven people so far this year in Sri Lanka, while the number of infected persons increased to 21,000, health officials here said.Most recently, over 300 confirmed dengue cases were reported and over 90 of them were in Colombo, Xinhua news agency reported citing the officials as saying on Thursday.They also said there was an increase in the mosquito population and warned of the risk of of dengue spreading further in the coming days, especially in urban and semi-urban areas.Preventing the spread of Dengue should be given special attention as there was an increased risk of the mosquito-borne disease with the prevailing monsoon rains, according to the officials.According to official data, April saw the highest number of dengue cases with 1,860 infections.Medical experts have urged the public to seek immediate medical service if they suffer high fever, uncontrolled vomiting, abdominal pain, or dizziness among other symptoms of dengue.--IANSksk/
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Youth bitten by rat in

Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) In a shocking incident,a patient who was bitten by a rat while undergoing treatment in the ICU of a BMC hospital, passed away late on Wednesday.Shrinivas Yellappa, 24, was admitted for liver complications three days ago and was on ventilator in the ICU of the Rajawadi Hospital, Ghatkopar.On Tuesday, his sister saw a bandage below his left eye and created a ruckus when informed that a rat was suspected to have nibbled the patient on the cheek.Later, doctors and civic authorities claimed that the rat-bite was not serious and would heal soon, but the patient's family was not convinced.Mayor Kishori Pednekar, who ordered a probe into the incident, suspected that since the ICU is on the ground floor, the rat may have sneaked in unnoticed when the door was opened by one of the staffers.Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Mumbai head Ruben Mascarenhas slammed the BMC for failing to protect patients from such happenings and demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.AAP national spokesperson Preeti Sharma-Menon termed the death of the youth as "murder" on the part of the BMC and demanded that those found responsible besides the entire civic brass including the Mayor, BMC Commissioner, and others should be booked on charges of murder.Criticising the Mayor for her statement, Mascarenhas asked whether this is the "Mumbai Model" as hospitals are under attack by rats. The victim's family said despite their repeated pleas, the staff at the hospital refused to co-operate with them on the issue.Earlier this afternoon, BJP's Leader of Opposition in the Council, Pravin Darekar attacked the BMC for its failure to protect the patients while the AAP organised a symbolic "Undir Protest" (Rat Protest) in which its activists raised slogans against the BMC.--IANSqn/vd
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Brain-dead TN man gives new lease of life to 2

Chennai, June 21 (IANS) A brain-dead young male aged 27 saved two patients at the MGM Healthcare here with his organs.In a statement issued here, MGM Healthcare, a private hospital said the young man was admitted to a private hospital in Salem after he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a road traffic accident.Despite the best efforts of the experts, he was declared brain dead.After an approved brain death certificate and thorough counselling of the family, they agreed to donate his organs in order to save the lives of a few individuals.The accident victims' heart and lungs were retrieved by a team of experts in Salem and a green corridor was created in Salem and Chennai to transport both the organs.According to MGM Healthcare, the organs were airlifted from Salem and transported to Chennai in less than two hours using a helicopter.The experts at MGM Healthcare performed life-saving surgeries to give a new lease of life to the critically-ill patients.Both the patients are stable and the surgeries were performed following all necessary Covid-19 protocols to avoid any infection.His remaining organs were dispatched to other hospitals.--IANSvj/dpb
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Dead bodies continued to be dump into the Ganga in Bihar

Patna, June 13 (IANS) The relatives of a man, who died due to snakebite in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, dumped his body into the Ganga on Sunday, despite objections of the local residents.The locals made video clips of the incident, which occurred in Kahalgaon block under Bhagalpur. Mithilesh Kumar died due to snake bite in his native village Nawada Bazar in Banka district. His family members took his body to the Barari Ghat in Bhagalpur but the Dom Raja of the Ghat demanded Rs 1 lakh to allow them to dump it in the Ganga.In Bihar, there is a tradition that the last rites of someone who died of snake bite are doing by putting the body into the Ganga, along with a banana tree trunk.The family members negotiated with Dom Raja and the latter agreed to Rs 11,000 but as they did not even have that money, they took the dead body to Kahalgaon, some 50 km away from Bhagalpur city. They negotiated with the Dom Raja of Kahalgaon Ghat for Rs 1,500, and also contacted a boat owner, and set a deal for Rs 2,500. Then they took the dead body to the middle of Ganga, tied it to a banana tree trunk and dumped it in the river.Local residents claimed that the District Magistrate had deployed a judicial magistrate at every cremation ground when the corona infection was at peak but these were withdrawn from June 1.Contacted for comments, R.P. Sharma, a duty officer of Kahalgaon police station, said: "We have received a complaint pertaining to this case and we are trying to contact the deceased's family." During the severe second wave of corona, people in several districts such as Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, and Bhagalpur dumped a large number of dead bodies into the Ganga.--IANSajk/vd
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2 dead from black fungus

Kathmandu, June 7 (IANS) At least two people have died in Nepal from black fungus or mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection mostly found among Covid-19 patients with diabetes, while the Himalayan nation have reported around a dozen of such cases, officials said on Monday.Mucormycosis affects the brain, sinuses and lungs and can be life-threatening to diabetic or severely immunocompromised individuals like cancer and HIV/AIDS patients. Such cases have appeared mostly among Covid-19 patients in Nepal and neighbouring India."A 48-year-old man from Dang district died from mucormycosis at our hospital on Saturday," Rabindra Pradhananga, coordinator of the Mucormycosis Management Committee at the Kathmandu-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, told Xinhua news agency."His condition was already critical when he was admitted to our hospital. He was earlier infected with coronavirus," said Pradhananga.Mucormycosis also claimed the life of a 65-year-old man at Seti Zonal Hospital in Kailali district on June 3.Dilip Kumar Shrestha, information officer of the hospital, told Xinhua that the deceased was a kidney patient and was brought to hospital for dialysis on May 31, but he was instantly hospitalised."He was diagnosed suffering from mucormycosis during the test," said Shrestha. "But, he was not tested positive for Covid-19 even though his family members notified us that he developed a fever about three weeks ago."According to doctors, among the symptoms of mucormycosis are one-sided facial swelling, headache; nasal or sinus congestion; blurred vision and pain in eye; black lesions on nasal bridge or upper inside of mouth.Nepal's Health Ministry has reported at least 11 people suffering from the disease."At least five in the Kathmandu Valley and six outside Kathmandu have been confirmed to have suffered from this ailment," said Krishna Prasad Paudel, the Ministry spokesman.According to Pradhananga, as many as five cases were confirmed at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital alone. "All the five were diabetes patients and recently they were also infected with coronavirus."Even though Nepal had seen a limited number of mucormycosis cases before, the number of such patients grew rapidly among Covid-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic that started in early April, according to doctors.The indiscriminate use of steroids for some Cocid-19 patients could be linked to mucormycosis or other fungal infections, doctors say.Amphotericin B and Deoxycholate, drugs used by Nepali doctors for black fungus patients, are not available in the market.The Health Ministry acknowledged the shortage of drugs for mucormycosis patients in Nepal."We have just received 1,000 vials of medicines from the World Health Organization after our request. An additional 2,000 vials are in the pipeline to be received from the WHO," said Paudel, who is director of the epidemiology and disease control division under the ministry.According to Paudel, the Ministry is preparing to buy an extra 10,000 vials of the drugs from the international market for mucormycosis treatment, which can also be used against Kala Azar, also known as "black fever".As of Monday, the Health Ministry had reported a total of 588,124 Covid-19 cases in Nepal, with 491,009 recoveries and 7,898 deaths.--IANSksk/