Hepatitis-B toll touches 56 n 7 more die on monday
Hepatitis-B killed three more people in Modasa on Monday, a day on which the Gujarat government vaccinated 50,000 residents of the taluka in 10 hours, in what could be one of India's largest medical mop-ups. The toll from the outbreak has now touched 56, although officials assert that the figure is 45. Two of Monday's casualties are women, identified Kapila Patel (30) and Harshida Rathod (21).
The mass-vaccination drive is being carried out in the Modasa taluka and surrounding villages of the Sabarkantha district by 225 teams of health officials and NGO volunteers.
Modi government is gearing up to fight Hepatitis-B outbreak which has claimed 37 lives according to official number. However the State Congress spokesman and the former leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Arjun Modhvadia, claimed that the epidemic has taken life of not less than 60 people in Modasa alone.
Government has planned to vaccinate all people in Modasa in 62 booths by 2000 health department employees. Government has also ordered all the hotels and restaurants in Modasa town in Sabarkantha district in north Gujarat to be closed. Various team of experts visited the affected area.
Banaskantha (Gujarat), Feb 23: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit famous Ambaji Temple in Gujarat's Banaskantha District today.
Rahul, who is on two-day visit, will later fly to Mehsana, Patan, Himmatnagar, Gandhinagar and then come to Ahmedabad.
In Ahmedabad, he will visit enrolment booth at Soham Hotel on Naroda Highway and then visit Shahpur and Indulal Yagnik statue near Nehru Bridge and take account of the enrolment drive.
Rajkot, Feb 22 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today visited the border district of Kutch in Gujarat to further accelerate the youth Congress membership campaign.
Gandhi will pay homage to Kasturba Gandhi on her death anniversary today at Gandhiji''s ancestral home in Rajkot.
He will then meet local youth Congress leaders at Kishanpara chowk in Rajkot and interact with women from the Young Women''s Convention at Hemu Gadhvi Hall.
Gandhi will also visit Bhujodi to see Kutchi handicrafts and meet artisans.
Modassa (Gujarat), Feb 22 : Residents of Hepatitis-B affected Modassa in Gujarat have accused the State Government of apathy leading to the spread of Hepatitis B.
They demanded that a team of expert doctors must visit every home and conduct analytical check-ups of every individual.
"Doctors must visit every home and check whether somebody is suffering from Hepatitis or any other disease," said Tarlika Vankar, whose only brother succumbed to this deadly viral fever.
Modi government is gearing up to fight Hepatitis-B outbreak which has claimed 37 lives according to official number. However the State Congress spokesman and the former leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Arjun Modhvadia, claimed that the epidemic has taken life of not less than 60 people in Modasa alone.
Banaskantha (Gujarat), Feb 23: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit famous Ambaji Temple in Gujarat's Banaskantha District today. 
Rajkot, Feb 22 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today visited the border district of Kutch in Gujarat to further accelerate the youth Congress membership campaign.
Modassa (Gujarat), Feb 22 : Residents of Hepatitis-B affected Modassa in Gujarat have accused the State Government of apathy leading to the spread of Hepatitis B.
