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Chhattisgarh Malaria And Typhoid

Malaria and typhoid have claimed 10 lives while over 3,000 people were suffering from the diseases in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, a government officer said Friday//... .."Nearly 3,000 tribal people in Ramchandrapur, Ramanujganj and Wadrafnagar blocks in Surguja district have been in the grip of malaria and typhoid. The region has reported 10 deaths during the past three days," the district'...

Chhattisgarh Government To Set Up Hospital In Bastar For Tribals

Chhattisgarh plans to set up a 100-bed hospital at an estimated cost of Rs.1 billion to improve health facilities in the tribal district of Bastar//. ....The hospital will also have an attached medical college and is to be located in Jagdalpur, headquarters of Bastar district. ....Chief Minister Raman Singh's government has made budgetary provisions of Rs.160 million for the medical college dur...

UNICEF To Help For The Betterment Of Refugee Kids in Chhattisgarh

UNICEF has offered to help the children of refugees settled in the makeshift relief camps of the Maoist-hit Dantewada district in the restive eastern state of Chhattisgarh.// ....UNICEF will specifically look into the health and educational problems of thousands of children settled in these camps. ....According to official sources, UNICEF assistance came in when Cecilio Adrona, the organisatio...

Food Poisoning Kills Nine at Chhattisgarh Relief Camp

Raipur: Nine people, including three women and three kids, were killed and 27 were taken ill after a group of tribals consumed //rotten fish at a government-run relief camp in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, an official said Tuesday. ....Medical teams were sent late Monday to the relief camp in Injeram village in the Maoist insurgency-hit district, 560 km south of Raipur. ...."A group of 50 t...

School Kids Take Out Anti-AIDS Rally in Chhattisgarh

Thousands of school students and volunteers of non-governmental organisations Friday took out an impressive anti-AIDS rally here and vowed to fight against the deadly disease.// ..Carrying banners of 'Stop AIDS Keep the Promise', participants also vowed to promote safe sex across the state during the rally organised by the health department. ....The government announced launch of an AIDS awaren...

Five Die of Food Poisoning in Chhattisgarh

Raipur: Five women died and two fell ill after consuming homemade food in a Chhattisgarh village, police// said Wednesday. ....Seven middle-aged women began to vomit after eating Tuesday night in Kilkila village in Jashpur district, 480 km northeast of Raipur. Five of them were declared brought dead at a private hospital while two others are battling for life, district superintendent A.R. Korra...

European Commission to Boost Chhattisgarh's Health Sector

Raipur: The European Commission is to assist Chhattisgarh in revamping its primary health sector with an aid of Rs.1.5 billion// (more than $33 million) over the next three years. ...."The European Commission has agreed to provide the Chhattisgarh government Rs.1.5 billion for toning up the primary health sector in Raipur, Mahasamund, Rajnandgaon, Janjgir-Champa, Bilaspur and Kawardha districts,...

Heat Wave Sweeps Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is reeling under a heat wave with day temperatures in state capital Raipur and the northern region of Korba and Raigarh shooting// up to 42 degrees Celsius. ....Roads wore a deserted look in the industrial town of Korba. In Raipur, people preferred to remain indoors while government offices recorded thin attendance. ....The metrological department has forecast a further rise in hea...

Chhattisgarh to Launch Polio Campaign for Laborers Kids

The Chhattisgarh government will launch a three-day polio immunization drive from May 20 with a special focus on the children of laborers to help the state get rid of polio disease completely. ......"In a bid to make Chhattisgarh polio disease free, the government will immunize kids across the state in association with dozens of NGOs (non-government organizations) and private organizations unde...

Lack of Medical Facilities Have Claimed Lives of Newborns at Chhattisgarh Hospital

As many as 178 newborn babies died at a government-run district hospital in Chhattisgarh during January-May 2007, Health Minister Amar Agrawal told the state assembly Tuesday . ......Amid protests and allegations by the opposition Congress members about the lack of basic medical facilities at the hospital, Agrawal said the hospital in Raigarh district had reported 424 deaths of newly born babies...