The vector borne diseases in the state capital has claimed one more life on Friday, while two others succumbed in Howrah and South 24 Parganas.

Kishore Roy (50), a resident of 47/2A, Nandaram Sen Street in Ward 9, died of nasty malaria at Marwari Relief Society Hospital on Friday morning.

However, senior officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s health department refused to admit that Roy had died due to malaria.

A recent study indicted that 50% people are not aware of the fact that they are suffering from high BP whereas more than half of people diagnosed with high blood pressure do not have it under control. Untreated High blood pressure can cause a range of problems, including atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), stroke and heart failure.

A health survey ranking healthcare systems in Europe ranked the Netherlands, according to consumer value, at number one despite having one of the lowest spending levels on medicines in the continent.

The annual 2008 Euro Health Consumer Index compiled by private Swedish company Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP) ranked 31 countries on the basis of a range of criteria including clinical outcomes, access to treatment, waiting times and patient rights.