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Nine-Year-Old Kerala Girl Dies From Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection
A nine-year-old girl who died at the medical college here two days ago was due to amoebic encephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by free-living amoeba in contaminated waters, health officials in this north Kerala district confirmed on Saturday.
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Girl, 4, Taken For Finger Surgery, But Docs Operate On Tongue "By Mistake"
In what is believed to be another major goof-up at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, a four-year-old girl today fell victim to serious medical negligence, and a probe has been ordered.
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New Nipah Strain In Kerala Less Infectious, Has High Death Rate: Minister
Teams from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune would arrive in Kerala during the day to set up a mobile lab at Kozhikode Medical College to test for Nipah and carry out survey of bats, the state government said in the assembly today.
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Rahul Gandhi Kickstarts Wayanad Constituency Visit, Meets Tribal Family
Senior Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited the house of a tribal man who was found dead near Kozhikode medical college recently.
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Probe Ordered After Class 12 Student Attends Kerala Medical College Class
Kerala police have said they have initiated an investigation into a complaint by Kozhikode Medical College that a 12th-standard student had recently attended MBBS class for four days without gaining admission.
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Kerala Man, Injured In Accident, Dies In Ambulance As Door Gets Jammed
A man who suffered injuries in a bike accident died inside the ambulance in which he was carried to the Government medical college here after the door of the van failed to open due to some snag.
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68 People Under Isolation In Kerala For Nipah Virus
A total of 68 people are under isolation for Nipah virus in Government Medical College in Kozhikode district of Kerala, said Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday.
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6-Year-Old In Kerala Dies Of West Nile Virus, Contracted Through Mosquito
A six-year-old boy, who was undergoing treatment for vector-borne West Nile fever, died at a hospital in Kerala's Kozhikode on Monday.
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Rat Fever Scare In Flood-Wrecked Kerala, Number Of Dead Rises To 15
A woman on Sunday died of leptospirosis (rat fever) in the flood-battered Kerala, taking the death toll due to the disease to 15. Health Minister K.K. Shailaja has assured that there was no need to panic.
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Writer Kamal C Chavara Hospitalised After Complaining Of Uneasiness
Malayalam writer and theatre artist Kamal C Chavara, who was charged with sedition for allegedly showing disrespect to the national anthem, has been admitted to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (KMCH) after complaining of uneasiness.
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Period Shaming? Stop It. A Medical College In Kerala Shows The Way
23-year-old Sreya Salim is a student at Kozhikode Medical College, located over 400 kms from the state capital of Thiruvanthapuram. As an adolescent, she was expected to keep her period talks under-wraps. To her astonishment, the same closeted approach continued when she stepped into her medical college. “What shocked me the most was how a campu...
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5 Members of Marriage Party Killed, 25 Injured in Bus-Lorry Collision
Five members of a marriage party were killed and 25 others injured when a bus carrying them collided with a lorry at Ikarappadi, about 20 km from Kozhikode, early this morning.
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Monkey Fever Claims Woman's Life in Kerala
In a first such case in Kerala, 'monkey fever' has claimed the life of a 50-year-old woman in Wayanad.
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Minor girl contracted HIV after blood transfusion at govt hospital, claim relatives
An eight-year-old girl, suffering from thalassaemia, has been afflicted by HIV after blood transfusions at two government hospitals, including one in Wayanad district, her relatives claimed today.
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Kannur gas tanker accident toll rises to 3
A woman succumbed to her burns at a Kozhikode hospital on Wednesday. This takes the toll in the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker mishap near Kannur to three, police said. Fifty-year-old Nirmala, who was undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, died on Wednesday morning, sources said. Two people have died of burns on Tuesday.
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Nine-Year-Old Kerala Girl Dies From Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection
A nine-year-old girl who died at the medical college here two days ago was due to amoebic encephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by free-living amoeba in contaminated waters, health officials in this north Kerala district confirmed on Saturday.
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Girl, 4, Taken For Finger Surgery, But Docs Operate On Tongue "By Mistake"
In what is believed to be another major goof-up at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, a four-year-old girl today fell victim to serious medical negligence, and a probe has been ordered.
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New Nipah Strain In Kerala Less Infectious, Has High Death Rate: Minister
Teams from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune would arrive in Kerala during the day to set up a mobile lab at Kozhikode Medical College to test for Nipah and carry out survey of bats, the state government said in the assembly today.
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Rahul Gandhi Kickstarts Wayanad Constituency Visit, Meets Tribal Family
Senior Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited the house of a tribal man who was found dead near Kozhikode medical college recently.
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Probe Ordered After Class 12 Student Attends Kerala Medical College Class
Kerala police have said they have initiated an investigation into a complaint by Kozhikode Medical College that a 12th-standard student had recently attended MBBS class for four days without gaining admission.
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Kerala Man, Injured In Accident, Dies In Ambulance As Door Gets Jammed
A man who suffered injuries in a bike accident died inside the ambulance in which he was carried to the Government medical college here after the door of the van failed to open due to some snag.
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68 People Under Isolation In Kerala For Nipah Virus
A total of 68 people are under isolation for Nipah virus in Government Medical College in Kozhikode district of Kerala, said Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday.
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6-Year-Old In Kerala Dies Of West Nile Virus, Contracted Through Mosquito
A six-year-old boy, who was undergoing treatment for vector-borne West Nile fever, died at a hospital in Kerala's Kozhikode on Monday.
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Rat Fever Scare In Flood-Wrecked Kerala, Number Of Dead Rises To 15
A woman on Sunday died of leptospirosis (rat fever) in the flood-battered Kerala, taking the death toll due to the disease to 15. Health Minister K.K. Shailaja has assured that there was no need to panic.
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Writer Kamal C Chavara Hospitalised After Complaining Of Uneasiness
Malayalam writer and theatre artist Kamal C Chavara, who was charged with sedition for allegedly showing disrespect to the national anthem, has been admitted to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (KMCH) after complaining of uneasiness.
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Period Shaming? Stop It. A Medical College In Kerala Shows The Way
23-year-old Sreya Salim is a student at Kozhikode Medical College, located over 400 kms from the state capital of Thiruvanthapuram. As an adolescent, she was expected to keep her period talks under-wraps. To her astonishment, the same closeted approach continued when she stepped into her medical college. “What shocked me the most was how a campu...
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5 Members of Marriage Party Killed, 25 Injured in Bus-Lorry Collision
Five members of a marriage party were killed and 25 others injured when a bus carrying them collided with a lorry at Ikarappadi, about 20 km from Kozhikode, early this morning.
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Monkey Fever Claims Woman's Life in Kerala
In a first such case in Kerala, 'monkey fever' has claimed the life of a 50-year-old woman in Wayanad.
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Minor girl contracted HIV after blood transfusion at govt hospital, claim relatives
An eight-year-old girl, suffering from thalassaemia, has been afflicted by HIV after blood transfusions at two government hospitals, including one in Wayanad district, her relatives claimed today.
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Kannur gas tanker accident toll rises to 3
A woman succumbed to her burns at a Kozhikode hospital on Wednesday. This takes the toll in the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker mishap near Kannur to three, police said. Fifty-year-old Nirmala, who was undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, died on Wednesday morning, sources said. Two people have died of burns on Tuesday.
