Media Scanning & Verification Cell Media alert from the Media Scanning & Verification Cell, IDSP-NCDC. Publication Reporting Place News Source/Publication Alert ID Date Date Name Language www.india.com/English Siliguri http://www.india.com/news/india/west-bengal-over- 4343 08.10.2017 09.10.2017 250-people-admitted-in-hospital-due-to-fever- West Bengal outbreak-in-siliguri-several-dengue-cases-reported- 2521062/ Fever Outbreak in district Siliguri; 250 people admitted in Title: hospital, West Bengal Action By CSU, IDSP Information communicated to DSU- Siliguri, SSU- West Bengal –NCDC Fever outbreak grips Siliguri in West Bengal and several cases of dengue are also reported. Due to the fever, over 250 people are admitted in Siliguri District Hospital, reported ANI. Ashok Bhattacharya, Mayor of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation asked a team of experts to immediately visit Siliguri to examine the cause of this mysterious fever. Bhattacharya stated that the outbreak of his fever is from last two months along with some cases of Dengue. He said that it is affecting most of the households in the corporation area and claimed several lives too. WB: Fever outbreak grips Siliguri, dengue cases also reported. Visuals from Siliguri District Hospital where over 250 people are admitted. Save Water- Save Life, Save a tree- Don't print unless it's really necessary! Disclaimer:- This is a media alert subject to verification. Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India 22-Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110 054 For more information please contact: Media Scanning & Verification Cell: - Phone (011)23946029 Email: - [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 1 Join us on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Media-Scanning-Verification-Cell-IDSPNCDC/137297949672921 Page https://twitter.com/MSVC1 He told Oneindia, “It is high time that a specialist team be brought in from the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. The team needs to probe the cause for this mysterious fever along with the line of treatment”. Gautam Deb, West Bengal Tourism Minister said he will talk to the Secretary, Health Department, and Government of West Bengal about this fever outbreak. The matter will be brought to the notice of the Chief Minister so that an expert team can be brought to Siliguri, he added further. Save Water- Save Life, Save a tree- Don't print unless it's really necessary! Disclaimer:- This is a media alert subject to verification. Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India 22-Sham Nath Marg, Delhi – 110 054 For more information please contact: Media Scanning & Verification Cell: - Phone (011)23946029 Email: - [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 2 Join us on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Media-Scanning-Verification-Cell-IDSPNCDC/137297949672921 Page https://twitter.com/MSVC1 .