Beware of Fake Doctors

Health Minister R Ashok has said that some fack doctors are doing the round offering "preventitive injections" for Chikungunya at a cost of Rs. 100 that it won't work.

"We have received complaints from the public that these fake preventive medicines have taken a lot of people for a ride. I have put the district and health authorities on the alert to nab any such quacks and take strict measures against such activities," Mr Ashok commented.

Chikungunya Deaths Will Be Probed

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss commented on 25th July that the reported deaths from Chikungunya will be investigated, even though he asserted that no-one had died from the disease.

According to Mr. Ramadoss , the fever had returned after a three-decade dormancy to affect 121 districts across seven States with the total level of expected infections reaching 974,541. And he futher commented that the largest number of cases were in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh while Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala were among the States affected by the fever.

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No Chikungunya deaths in Chennai

No deaths due to Chikungunya have been reported in Chennai according to the Health Minister K.K.S.S.R Ramachandran who reported the fact to the Assembly on Thursday 27th July 2006.

He gave a good summary about the spread of the disease which was first spotted in the border viallages of Vellore in March 2006 and then spread to Tamil Nadu.

Up to July 26 a total of 115 have been affected with Chikungunya in Chennai and as such the Local Administration Ministry and the Health Ministry were taking measures to restrict the disease and have allocated Rs. 2.85 crore.

Related: No Chikungunya found in state.