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Khammam health officials have identified 82 disease hotspots amid a sharp rise in dengue and viral fevers. Over 40,000 cases have been reported this year, with sanitation cited as a key issue
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Walk-in patients with typical upper respiratory tract infections have increased; many also reporting gut-related ailments such as diarrhoea and cramps
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Scarlet fever is a seasonal bacterial infection in children caused by group A Streptococcus, and it can be treated with specific antibiotics. Symptoms typically appear within 2 to 5 days after the child is exposed to the bacteria.
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The poor and the middle class were just one major hospitalization away from bankruptcy due to escalating out-of-pocket medical expenses in private health care.
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Doctors are also reporting a significant rise in bouts of Asthma among patients who already were diagnosed with the ailment. “During winters, up to 80 per cent of allergic reactions are caused due to house dust mite and moulds
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The MGM Hospital in the Warangal city is witnessing a daily out-patient (OP) count of 500 to 800, of which 30 to 40 percent complain of viral fever
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Rama Rao said that due to the government not taking measures to prevent mosquitoes, gross failure in sanitation management and not providing clean fresh water, people were suffering from multiple kinds of diseases.
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He raised concern over an alarming rise in viral fevers and questioned the silence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy even as students are being neglected in numerous incidents.
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Says government hospitals are struggling with shortages of medicines and dengue kits, forcing many patients to seek treatment in private hospitals
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As many as 31 dengue cases were reported in August alone in Jogipet while many persons were visiting the hospitals with fevers, colds and other health complications
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The fever survey was conducted between July 23 and August 26 and the office of the DPH claimed that a total of 4.40 crore individuals in State were covered and 2,65,324 persons were identified with fevers
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The number of patients with viral fever symptoms like cold, cough, throat pain, body pain and high fever has increased at both government and private hospitals across the district.
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Every death caused due to lack basic facilities and treatment in the hospital should be treated as government sponsored killing. He demanded an ex gratia of Rs.10 lakh in such deaths, said the former Minister
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The ongoing surge in upper respiratory tract infections has prompted doctors to advise patients and their attendants do start wearing face masks to to avoid spreading the infections.
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The hospitals are unable to handle the heavy rush of patients due to space crunch in in-patient wings and hence the patients are being sent back to homes after treating them or two patients are made to share a single bed
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Public health officials in Hyderabad, however, have urged people not to panic, as cases of viral fevers, dengue, influenza etc are still less, when compared to previous years.
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Although not grievous in nature, the infections are causing a lot of morbidity with individuals taking at least a week to recover
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Kothagudem: Cherla police have come to the rescue of Adivasis suffering from viral fevers at a remote tribal hamlet, Veerapuram of Cherla mandal in the district. It was learnt that both children and adults of nearly 34 Adivasi families, infected with viral fevers, were troubled due to the lack of access to medical facilities. Cherla […]
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Health officials urge people to focus on individual and household hygiene practices to keep seasonal ailments at bay
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Says State govt's efforts to combat Covid have proved right