Mumbai Malaria

• Malaria in Mumbai - The number game

  It wasn't a surprise visit so everyone was well prepared. As Mumbai's Municipal Commissioner Swadhin Kshatriya visited the Nayar Hospital on Friday morning, corridors were hurriedly being swept and mopped. The municipal health authorities have said that the number of malaria cases in August has dipped compared to July where Mumbai saw 18 malaria de...

• Malaria claims two more in Mumbai

  Two persons died due to malaria in the metropolis taking the toll due to the disease to eight since August 1.A 30-year-old man, a resident of Goregaon, died due to malaria last night at a civic hospital. Another 55-year-old woman, a resident of Malad, also died to the disease, health officials said.Altogether 230 persons are admitted for malaria tr...

• Malaria mayhem in Mumbai, 775 new cases in 5 days

  Malaria spreads its loom in Mumbai city. Of the 15,000 patients admitted to various hospitals with rain-related illnesses last month,  over 25% are diagnosed with malaria.It is that time of the year when dengue and malaria are an enormous threat for people in many parts of the country. However, in Mumbai the outbreak of malaria is now consider...

• Nitish flays Raj, Congress for 'malaria' remarks

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar strongly criticised MNS chief Raj Thackeray for blaming the spread of malaria in Mumbai on migrants and alleged that the latter had made such a remark at the behest of the Congress."Thackeray has no control over his language and statement... Thackeray has made such uncalled for and deplorable utterances at the behe...

• Raj Thackeray blames 'outsiders' for malaria; Netas hit back

  Malaria has claimed 40 lives in Mumbai since January including 19 in the month of July and instead of jumping into damage control mode, the city's netas are doing what they do best, indulging in the blame game. Echoing cousin Uddhav Thackeray's sentiment, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray launched yet another tirade against ...

• Immigrants spread malaria, says Raj Thackeray

  Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday blamed "migrants" for malaria outbreak in the city, which has so far witnessed over 40 deaths this season due to the disease."Dengue and malaria are spreading fast in the city due to dirty illegal slums which are occupied by migrants only," he said during a programme to mark the fourth ...

• Malaria claims 18th victim in Mumbai in July

  A 33-year-old man has died in Mumbai due to Malaria, taking the death toll due to disease in the city to 18 in July, health officials said.The deceased, a resident of Parel in central Mumbai, was admitted at KEM hospital on Thursday and died on Thursday night.More than 3,500 patients - 3,759 patients to be precise - are admitted at various hospital...

• Malaria alert issued in Mumbai

  It is an annual concern in Mumbai - with the monsoon come a host of diseases. Key among them is malaria. There has been an alarming rise in malaria cases in the city over the last few years and civic authorities are at a lose end as they try and grapple with the malaria crisis.  Every second house in Mumbai's Lower Parel chawl in Central Mumba...