Delhi Government Dengue Crisis

Delhi's Health Minister Satyendra Jain of the Aam Aadmi Party has been fined 25,000 rupees by an angry Supreme Court for failing to submit a list of government officials that he has alleged have not cooperated with him on controlling chikungunya and dengue in the capital.

The Supreme Court today took strong exception of Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain's allegation that officials were not cooperating and taking responsibility to check vector-borne disease like dengue and chikungunya in the national capital and asked him to give names and evidence of those officials by October 3.

The centre today told the Supreme Court that it was the duty of the Delhi government to ensure that the national capital remained clean and free from diseases like chikungunya and dengue.

The green court today ripped into the government and civic bodies on the dengue and chikungunya outbreak in Delhi, using the words "shameful and shocking".

A day after Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung ordered Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to cut short his visit to Finland and return to the capital amid health crisis in the city, the AAP government hit back saying, "L-G doesn't want to work on weekends."

The centre today sought a detailed report from Delhi government on deaths due to dengue and chikungunya, including medical history of the deceased, in the national capital where vector-borne diseases have claimed at least 30 lives and affected nearly 3,000 people.

Congress today joined the blame game for Delhi's worsening health crisis as number of chikungunya and dengue deaths rose to 15. Former chief minister Sheila Dikshit said it was the state government's responsibility after the AAP government blamed Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and BJP-ruled civic bodies for the uncontrolled spread of mosquito-born...

The BJP-led centre and Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government have blamed each other for the massive health crisis in Delhi, where five people have died of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya and 10 of dengue.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed all civic agencies of the national capital to take preventive steps to control dengue.

Even as it grapples with the worst dengue crisis in recent years, Delhi government has started taking measures to fight swine flu, which experts say is likely to hit the national capital with change of season.

As Delhi continues to grapple with a raging dengue crisis, doctors in government hospitals have started providing standard treatment required to alleviate symptoms in a suspected dengue patient without waiting for the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or ELISA test reports so as to keep a check on the rising cases.

The Delhi government has issued show cause notices to 14 doctors in seven government hospitals for dereliction of duty in dealing with the dengue crisis, as the national capital faced the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the last six years. An update of the dengue report by the civic administration has taken the official number of deat...

All the three BJP-ruled municipal corporations have welcomed the decision to hold a CAG audit of the preparedness of Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government and the local bodies to deal with dengue crisis in the city.

To tackle the rising number of dengue cases in the Delhi, the state government today ordered to convert 55 government-run dispensaries into 'Fever and Dengue Clinics' from Monday.

Criticising the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi and the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre for failing to deal with the dengue crisis properly, the CPM has termed it as a shocking reminder of dismal state of healthcare system.

Delhi's Health Minister Satyendra Jain of the Aam Aadmi Party has been fined 25,000 rupees by an angry Supreme Court for failing to submit a list of government officials that he has alleged have not cooperated with him on controlling chikungunya and dengue in the capital.

The Supreme Court today took strong exception of Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain's allegation that officials were not cooperating and taking responsibility to check vector-borne disease like dengue and chikungunya in the national capital and asked him to give names and evidence of those officials by October 3.

The centre today told the Supreme Court that it was the duty of the Delhi government to ensure that the national capital remained clean and free from diseases like chikungunya and dengue.

The green court today ripped into the government and civic bodies on the dengue and chikungunya outbreak in Delhi, using the words "shameful and shocking".

A day after Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung ordered Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to cut short his visit to Finland and return to the capital amid health crisis in the city, the AAP government hit back saying, "L-G doesn't want to work on weekends."

The centre today sought a detailed report from Delhi government on deaths due to dengue and chikungunya, including medical history of the deceased, in the national capital where vector-borne diseases have claimed at least 30 lives and affected nearly 3,000 people.

Congress today joined the blame game for Delhi's worsening health crisis as number of chikungunya and dengue deaths rose to 15. Former chief minister Sheila Dikshit said it was the state government's responsibility after the AAP government blamed Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and BJP-ruled civic bodies for the uncontrolled spread of mosquito-born...

The BJP-led centre and Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government have blamed each other for the massive health crisis in Delhi, where five people have died of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya and 10 of dengue.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed all civic agencies of the national capital to take preventive steps to control dengue.

Even as it grapples with the worst dengue crisis in recent years, Delhi government has started taking measures to fight swine flu, which experts say is likely to hit the national capital with change of season.

As Delhi continues to grapple with a raging dengue crisis, doctors in government hospitals have started providing standard treatment required to alleviate symptoms in a suspected dengue patient without waiting for the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or ELISA test reports so as to keep a check on the rising cases.

The Delhi government has issued show cause notices to 14 doctors in seven government hospitals for dereliction of duty in dealing with the dengue crisis, as the national capital faced the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the last six years. An update of the dengue report by the civic administration has taken the official number of deat...

All the three BJP-ruled municipal corporations have welcomed the decision to hold a CAG audit of the preparedness of Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government and the local bodies to deal with dengue crisis in the city.

To tackle the rising number of dengue cases in the Delhi, the state government today ordered to convert 55 government-run dispensaries into 'Fever and Dengue Clinics' from Monday.

Criticising the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi and the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre for failing to deal with the dengue crisis properly, the CPM has termed it as a shocking reminder of dismal state of healthcare system.