A health camp in Potka on Friday Jamshedpur: East Singhbhum district reported 128 fresh malaria cases on Friday, while one suspected death from the disease was recorded overnight, officials said.Health officials said four-year-old Shiv Sardar, a resident of Khariasai village in Potka block, was admitted to Sadar Hospital earlier this week with malaria symptoms. He…
malaria fogging in East Singhbhum Jamshedpur: Malaria cases continued to surge in East Singhbhum despite intensified surveillance, with the district reporting 101 fresh infections on Thursday, and the death toll reaching six.The health department conducted 11,096 malaria tests across the district’s nine blocks, the urban areas of Mango and Birsanagar, and Sadar Hospital. Of those…
A malaria screening camp in West Singhbhum Jamshedpur: The health department has launched a large-scale malaria screening drive in residential schools and affected villages in West Singhbhum district after more than 100 cases were detected among students.Civil surgeon Dr Jujhar Majhi confirmed that all residential school patients are asymptomatic. “The students probably contracted malaria about…
The probe report is expected to be submitted by Monday, civil surgeon Dr Jujhar Majhi said Jamshedpur: A probe ordered by the health authorities in West Singhbhum into the alleged negligence in blood transfusion at Chaibasa Sadar Hospital has found that a private blood testing agency may have triggered panic by circulating incorrect information about…
Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum district branch of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Jamshedpur, celebrated World Blood Donors Day by organising blood donation camps at three locations – Red Cross Bhawan, Sakchi, Jal Jyoti Foundation, Baliguma and at Prakash Castings, Industrial Area, Adityapur.A record 365 units of blood was collected at these blood donation camps, which…
Jamshedpur: A dispute over the collection of mahua flowers turned fatal in East Singhbhum’s Potka block on Monday morning, when an elderly woman was brutally killed in a forest near Kundrukocha village under Kowali police station limits.The victim, identified as Buski Murmu (65), had ventured into the forest to gather fallen mahua flowers when she…
Jamshedpur: A man was arrested for allegedly beating his six-year-old daughter to death with a stick at Kheria Tangar village in West Singhbhum district on Saturday evening, police said.According to reports, Lal Singh Purty, 33, picked up the stick suddenly and started beating his younger daughter, Sonia, while she was asleep. Upon hearing the screams,…
