This is the pitiful state of the residents of the locality on the HMT Watch Factory-Jalahalli Road. What may seem like sheer incivility of the people is a situation they have been pushed into. Rajesh, a resident, said: “Most of us earn a living by working as construction labourers and hardly earn money for two meals a day. With great difficulty, we have been able to build these concrete houses, but, due to the lack of drainage facilities, no toilets were built.”

Kathmandu is known as the world capital of typhoid fever among the health experts and a few media specialists. However, outbreaks of typhoid hardly make news headlines here. A 2008 study published in the journal ‘Open Biology’ had described Kathmandu as a typhoid fever capital of the world.
According to the research, community water spouts were the main sources of the outbreaks of typhoid in the valley.

But there is no need to worry. A vaccination campaign has been launched in high risk areas in Kathmandu valley to prevent the illness.

The total number of fever deaths reported in the district this year has more than doubled from last year. While a total of 8 cases were reported in 2010, the number has so far reached 20 this year. The increase is mainly owing to the diseases including leptospirosis (rat fever), hepatitis, malaria and dengue. But. the total number of fever cases has reduced by more than 40 per cent.

As of October 31, 2010 the number of fever cases reported in the district was 2,28,734. In the same period this year, the number has gone down to 1,34,536.

KOCHI: One of the major reasons for the contamination of potable drinking water is the presence of E-Coli, a bacterium found in human and animal waste. Dr Aisha S, a doctor in the Health Department said: “There have been a few cases of water contamination in the past caused by E-Coli in many hospitals. Most of them might not be severe but nonetheless they are harmful.”

With Typhoid and Hepatitis raising its ugly head in Colombo again, the Public Health Department (PHD) of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) with the assistance of the local police have commenced raids on eateries and star class hotels in the metropolis.

GANDHINAGAR: There have been rise in the number of malaria and falciparum cases in the state. In just two weeks, various district and taluka health centres in the state recorded as many as 8,228 confirmed malaria cases, while the number of falciparum cases stood at 2,625.

Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga has written to National Human Rights Commission chairman K.G .Balakrishnan requesting him to fix responsibility for “unchecked” contaminated water supply by the Delhi Jal Board despite repeated reminders by the civic body.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has alleged that around 950 water pipelines in Delhi have been identified as passing out through drains.
The MCD Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga wrote to the NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan seeking his

With the season changing, city doctors are reporting about a 20 per cent rise in viral fever cases, including dengue and malaria, compared to the last month. The Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM) and Fever Hospital are also recording an increased number of viral fever cases this season. Dr Aftab Ahmed, the consultant physician, Apollo Hospitals, said, “For the past few days an increased number of patients from Hyderabad and adjoining districts are coming in with complaints of body-ache, fever, rashes, and low platelet counts.