Sep 11, 2024 05:30 AM IST The 26-year-old patient from Haryana’s Hisar was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, and doctors confirmed the diagnosis on Monday India’s first mpox patient (earlier monkeypox), diagnosed with the disease on Monday, is currently isolated at a special facility at Delhi’s Lok Nayak Hospital and is undergoing treatment, health …
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian (right) inspects an mpox isolation ward at RGGGH, Chennai, on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Tamil Nadu Health Department has set up isolation wards for mpox at four government medical college hospitals in Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi, and Coimbatore, and is training doctors in the …
The surge in mpox, or monkeypox, cases in parts of Africa has led to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the outbreak of the viral disease a public health emergency of international concern on August 14. Dr Javier Guzman, director of Global Health Policy at the Center for Global Development, in an interview with Rhythma …
The dedicated isolation ward with 14 beds at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad. s | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Gandhi Hospital has been designated as the referral centre for suspected monkeypox cases in Telangana. The hospital has established a dedicated isolation ward with 14 beds, seven each for male and female patients. B Ravinder Nayak, Director …
The Chandigarh health department issued an advisory for Monkeypox (Mpox) on Saturday, clarifying that no case has been reported in India and so there is no need for panic. There are 22 labs for Mpox in India and there are 13 buffer labs, with PGIMER, Chandigarh, being one of them. (Shutterstock) Mpox is an illness …
Thailand confirmed the first case of the new mpox strain, which means that the Clade 1b strain has entered Asia. Bangladesh and Pakistan have report mpox cases as well, but those are of the Clade 2 strain, the less severe variant of mpox. Mpox, now a global health emergency disease declared by the World Health …
Aug 24, 2024 03:00 PM IST Karnataka Minister Patil assured that no Mpox cases have been reported in India, emphasizing the state’s readiness with isolation facilities. Karnataka’s Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil on Friday addressed growing concerns about the spread of Monkeypox virus in the state, assuring the public that there is no cause …
In light of the World Health Organization’s recent designation of monkeypox as a public health emergency of international concern, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken proactive steps to safeguard public health. A specialized 14-bed ward has been established at SevenHills Hospital in Marol as a precautionary measure to address any potential cases of monkeypox, …
The Mpox virus is slowly increasing its count across the world, and has already reached where it should not be, crucial parts of South Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, which is one of the most densely populated regions in the entire world, with cases already having been reported in Pakistan and India, with the origins …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Mpox a public health emergency of international concern as it found a new strain of the virus in parts of Africa. More than 15,600 cases and 537 deaths have been reported this year. Is this of concern to India? What is the origin of Mpox? Mpox is a …