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Health Ministry seeks report from Delhi Govt over death of child due to Dengue

New Delhi, September 14, 2015: The Health & Family Welfare Ministry has sought a report from the Delhi government on the death of a child in Delhi due to Dengue and the subsequent suicide of his parents, as reported in media today. The report is sought by 14 September, 2015.

While an upsurge in the cases of Dengue has been reported from Delhi in the month of August 2015, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has been supporting the states affected by Dengue in all possible ways.

The situation is being constantly monitored by the top brass of the Ministry who have been reviewing the Dengue situation in Delhi through regular meetings with senior officers from Delhi Government, Municipal Corporations, NDMC, Delhi Cantonment Board and MS of Central Government hospitals in Delhi. Availability of adequate stock of NS1 test kits for Dengue in all Central Government hospitals has been ensured.

The Pharma Times News Bureau

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