Debashish saha

Accompanying bacterial infections that have often remained undiagnosed have triggered the spurt in dengue deaths, believe a section of experts. Since dengue lowers the immunity levels of victims, they turn prone to bacterial attacks that could prove fatal if not treated. At least 15%-20% of the dengue-affected in Kolkata have an undetected secondary infection, they claimed.

A potentially life-threatening consequence of dengue is on the prowl here, with at least seven people being diagnosed with encephalitis caused by the mosquito-borne virus.Though some cases were serious, there has been no death.

A visitor to Chittaranjan Park can’t miss the excitement in the air. The pandals are coming up all over the place and the idols of Goddess Durga are being given the finishing touches before being dispatched to various pujas.

Robir Kiran celebrated its 10th anniversary with a cultural program at the Satyajit Ray Auditorium. The event featured a moving tribute to Rabindranath Tagore's songs in cinema by founder Sayantani Gupta, the launch of Akhand Geetabitan's fifth phase, and a student performance of 'Jāpane Gītāñjali'.

The boy's ailment turned out to be ITP triggered by an unclassified virus, said Debashish saha, consultant at AMRI."With drugs, the platelet count climbed back to 30,000 and the boy recovered within a week.

The accident happened early morning on National Highway-31C in Kalchini block when a truck collided head-on with Paul's car, police said.

An unidentified 35-year-old man collapsed while walking along the Howrah Maidan and died before he could be shifted to a hospital on Thursday afternoon. Doctors at the Howrah District Hospital suspected that he suffered a heat-stroke.

Bacterial contamination in rotten flesh causes a lethal form of diarrhoea, unless cooked at a temperature of at least 100 degrees Celsius, which is far above the usual cooking temperature.