Chandigarh plans blood collection centres in mallsOctober 10th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Popular malls in Chandigarh may no longer be places for just shopping and whiling the time away. If health officials here have their way, the malls could soon double up as blood collection centres.
Karnataka swine flu toll rises to 106October 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - With three new swine flu deaths being reported in Karnataka, the death toll due to the H1N1 virus in the state reached 106, a health official said here Thursday. While one death has been reported in Bangalore, the other two were from Bagalkote and Davanagere.
Engineering student tests positive for H1N1 in ChandigarhOctober 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A 19-year-old engineering student from Canada who had come to visit his family in Punjab has tested positive for swine flu, health officials said here Sunday. This patient had come to visit his family in Ludhiana (in Punjab) and started exhibiting the symptoms of swine flu.
71-year-old dies while participating in brisk walk competitionSeptember 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A 71-year-old man died in a hospital here after collapsing while participating in a brisk walk competition organised by Chandigarh police here Thursday, police said. Bishen Singh took part in the four-km walk under the veteran category.
Haryana governor continues to be in hospitalSeptember 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia continued to be in the hospital for the third day Monday after collapsing here Saturday during a function. Aides of the governor said some more tests were to be conducted on him and there was a possibility of him being discharged Tuesday.
Chandigarh schools get special instructions to tackle swine fluSeptember 19th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The health department has issued special instructions to school managements here after positive cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus were detected among students of two leading schools. Depending on the circumstances, the schools should reschedule the examinations.
South Korea reports ninth swine flu deathSeptember 18th, 2009 SEOUL - An 81-year-old woman has died of swine flu in South Korea Friday, raising to nine the number of fatalities from the viral disease in the country, health officials said. The victim belonged to the South Jeolla province.
26-year-old is Delhi's sixth swine flu victimSeptember 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The swine flu toll has gone up to six in Delhi with a 26-year-old man succumbing to the H1N1 virus in the national capital, a health official said Tuesday. The man was admitted to a Delhi government hospital and died of respiratory failure Saturday, the official said.
38-year-old Delhi woman dies of swine flu, toll rises to sixSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 38-year-old woman has become Delhi's sixth swine flu victim. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Medical Superintendent N.K.
Six swine flu deaths take India's toll to 131September 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH - Six people, including three in Maharashtra, died of swine flu Sunday, taking India's toll to 131, health authorities said in New Delhi. With the latest three deaths, the toll in Maharashtra due to the influenza A (H1N1) virus has jumped to 62.
Chandigarh doctors asked to guard against H1N1September 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Doctors and para-medical staff in Chandigarh have been asked to take extra precautions against swine flu after the influenza A (H1N1) virus affected some of them in government hospitals here, an official said Sunday. Four doctors and two other staffers of the administrative department of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Government Hospital here in Sector 32 have tested positive in the past.
Two swine flu patients critical in Delhi hospitalSeptember 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two swine flu patients -- a 12-year-old girl and a 69-year-old man -- are critical and are on ventilator at a Delhi hospital, doctors said Monday. Both of them are in very critical condition and we are keeping our fingers crossed, N.K.
American Fritzl had been arrested on kidnapping, rape charges in 1972September 4th, 2009 LONDON - American Fritzl, Phillip Garrido, had reportedly been arrested 37 years ago for kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl in 1972. efore raping the girl at a motel, Garrido, then 21, had allegedly forced her to take drugs.
Four more test positive for swine flu in ChhattisgarhSeptember 1st, 2009 RAIPUR - Four people, including an eight-year-old girl, Wednesday tested positive for swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in the state to eight, a health official said. "The latest lot of sample results received from Delhi confirmed four more people suffering from swine flu," health services deputy director S.M.M.
Upcoming festivities, swine flu worry Gujarat governmentAugust 31st, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - An upcoming festive season and the increasing number of swine flu cases in Gujarat have the state government worried over the way to control the spread of the H1N1 virus in the state. "As of now there are 112 positive cases of swine flu in Gujarat, out of which an alarming 65 are from Ahmedabad.
