Fighting Dengue menace

September 20, 2022 19:31 pm

Dengue infection is a systemic and dynamic disease and has a wide clinical spectrum that includes both severe and non-severe clinical manifestations. The key is early recognition and understanding of the clinical problems during different phases of the disease, leading to a rational approach to case management and a good clinical outcome.

KANCHANPUR, August 31: Kanchanpur district has witnessed an increasing risk of dengue virus outbreak. According to the District Health Office, high risk is looming large in the district with the detection of mosquitoes' larva that can transmit the dengue virus.

Serious case of neglect

October 21, 2019 04:06 am

A number of anomalies in public and private health institutes are being reported in recent times but the Ministry of Health under Upendra Yadav does not seem to be doing anything substantive to curb them and hold to account those who are neglecting their duties. One such mess recently reported concerns neglect of patients in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu.

Will dengue impact Visit Nepal 2020?

September 19, 2019 07:24 am

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: As there is a mounting concern that the outbreak of dengue could affect the upcoming Visit Nepal 2020, government officials said they have taken all necessary measures to ensure that no tourist is affected by this mosquito-borne fever.

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: The members of parliament (MPs) from the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have accused Health Minister Upendra Yadav of not doing enough to tackle the dengue outbreak. Speaking at the parliament on Wednesday, MPs said that the outbreak of mosquito-borne disease could have been prevented had the Ministry of Health and Population responded with urgency in time.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav has said that there is no need to declare the state of emergency for dengue outbreak in the country.

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition political parties have strongly criticized Health Minister Upendra Yadav in parliament on Thursday for failing to control the dengue outbreak.

Minister Khanal discharged from hospital

September 10, 2019 09:47 am

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Chakrapani Khanal, who was hospitalized after being diagnosed with dengue, has been discharged on Monday after five days of treatment at Tokha-based Grande International Hospital.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has demanded the government to come up with an action plan in order to control Dengue outbreak.

Combating dengue

September 8, 2019 01:25 am

First it was only in hot and humid regions of the plains. So Kathmandu did not feel the heat of the attack. Then it was reported from Dharan, a hill town in eastern Nepal. Kathmandu was alarmed but did not do much to nip the problem in the bud. Now it’s here, in Kathmandu, the capital city.

KATHMANDU, Sept. 1: Ruling and the opposition party lawmakers have accused the government of failing to control Dengue outbreak in various parts of the country.

BIRATNAGAR, June 23: After infecting hundreds of people in Dharan, the dengue outbreak has started spreading aggressively in other parts of eastern Tarai including Biratnagar, the capital of Province 1.