Srikakulam, June 12th: The RDT (Rapid Diagnostic Treatment) kits were supplied to 29 primary health centers in Srikakulam district by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases on Friday. In addition to this the kits were also supplied to four other districts which include Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, East Godavari and Khammam where malaria patients are found in large numbers.
The newly introduced kits detects malaria in an affected person in five minutes, this normally takes a week for an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM). The kit contains a stick, on which a drop of blood dropped will determine whether a person is affected with malaria or not. In traditional process blood samples will be collected and sent to the lab for diagnosis which takes a week to get the results. By this time the patient has to be left untreated and there are chances for the disease to advance further.
Hyderabad, June 12th: According to the medical and health officer (DMHO), Dr. Ch. Jayakumari, there was a huge shortage of blood in the blood banks due to lack of donars. Mrs Kumari said that even if the stock is available, as many as 39 out of 66 blood banks in the city have not renewed their lice...
Hyderabad, June 14th: Students who secured highest marks in the SSC examinations found their names missing in the merit list of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) selections sent by the District Educational Officers (DEOs). The irregularities came into light when the parents of the a...
Hyderabad, June 14th: Three more swine flu cases were identified in the city on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 12. Five of them are under treatment at the Andhra Pradesh Chest Hospital, while the others have been discharged. Out of the three cases confirmed on Sunday, two are sisters...
Kakinada, June 14th: East Godavari district joint collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar stressed the need of creating awareness among the parents to educate them about the necessary precautions to be taken right from the birth of their young ones to avoid the disability. He observed that two to three percen...
Kakinada, June 14th: The selection of students under Dhirubhai Ambani Protsaham Scheme was finalized by the district administration at the local Rangaraya Medical College auditorium here on Sunday. As many as 200 students were selected for admission into various corporate colleges in intermediate ...
Rajahmundry, June 14th: The state government is paying attention for rural development and taking measures to achieve the same in next five years. As a part of it, the provision of employment under NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) is being given top priority. This is to prevent th...
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