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Suspected diphtheria death in Punjab: What to know about the disease, its prevention
October 18, 2024 1:03 pm
Diphtheria is a highly contagious but preventable bacterial disease. Here is what to know about reports of a recent case in Punjab and why spikes have been witnessed in the number of cases in some years
WHO team reaches Rajasthan’s Deeg after 7 children die of diphtheria in a month
October 15, 2024 6:56 am
Deeg district CMHO Vijay Singhal said, "This disease has been prevalent for a long time in this area because of people’s unwillingness to get vaccinated."
Suspected diphtheria death in Ferozepur; PGI report awaited
October 13, 2024 7:10 pm
WHO and Punjab health department step up efforts to investigate.
Diphtheria scare: 2 suspected deaths in Gujarat's Banaskantha, 5 more ill
October 16, 2019 9:28 am
Diphtheria is a bacterial infection fatal in 5-10% of cases, with a higher mortality rate in young children
Why diphtheria is a concern: long-time vaccine, yet rising recent numbers
June 28, 2019 5:17 am
Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheria, a bacterium. The primary infection is in the throat and upper airways.
Season’s first diphtheria death in Delhi, doctors sound alert
June 27, 2019 9:09 am
Diphtheria is an infectious bacterial disease that affects the throat and upper airways, and produces a toxin that affects the other organs. As per the World Health Organisation, the disease can be fatal in 5-10% of the cases.
Diphtheria deaths: What makes children vulnerable to disease that can be prevented by vaccination
April 12, 2019 12:32 pm
In the last four months, over 60 children have died of diphtheria in Delhi’s Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital. The Indian Express tracked down their families to understand what makes children vulnerable to a disease that can be prevented by vaccination.
Diphtheria deaths: No blood bank, ambulance, X-ray, finds report
October 04, 2018 1:35 am
The report tabled in the House meeting of North corporation on Wednesday has been prepared by senior doctors of RML Hospital, Kasturba Gandhi Hospital and senior officials of the corporation.
Diphtheria deaths: Specialist doctor posts vacant at hospital, says NDMC
October 01, 2018 2:39 am
“The North corporation is under acute financial crunch. Not many people want to work in corporation hospitals where the salary remains delayed for months, especially at a time when the private sector is so lucrative,” said a North body official.
Delhi Diphtheria deaths: ‘Serum ready, hospital has not collected it’
September 23, 2018 2:01 am
150 vials of the diphtheria antitoxin were kept ready since the last 15 days, but no one from Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital came to collect them, despite intimation, says the director of the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli.
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