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Dengue, Malaria out of control
Posted On Monday, October 19, 2009
Bhopal, Oct 19:
Madhya Pradesh is sick with all sorts of diseases erupting through unbeatable mosquitoes. All efforts of the health department turn futile, crores of rupees go down the drain and hospitals are now hanging bill boards of `House Full, no beds". Lakhs of patients of malaria and dengue keep flooding hospitals with no respite to plights and pain. More than 25000 malaria patients have been registered in government hospitals across the state while more than 42 lakh people undertook malaria tests during first seven months of the year. A state level Malaria control room has also been set up, just as a formality. Bhopal is now under malaria siege with more than 20000 patients victimized by Anopheles. Dengue is another killer disease that seems to be gripping the district. A similar disease has also shown up and doctors are yet to find its antidote. All patient wards are full in government hospitals and no medicines are available. Still the Health Department keeps sleeping with no worry.
According to government sources lakhs of rupees are spent annually to ascertain cap on malaria and other mosquito bound diseases. This money is sent to all districts, but like every year, no effort is done on ground levels to destroy larvae or mosquitoes.
A mysterious disease having symptoms like dengue has also erupted in The capital city. Doctors are totally unaware about the new epidemic and have been caught unawares. They have collected samples and sent them for testing to a research laboratory and are waiting for test reports before they could commence any sort of preventive methods.
A mysterious disease with dengue-like symptoms caused by an unknown virus has affected people in the state capital and various districts in Madhya Pradesh. Private hospitals in the state capital have put up boards stating that beds were not available for patients.
Eminent doctor Yogesh Malhotra told here that he had never seen outbreak of this kind of disease in his medical career. While the cases of dengue are coming, things have become complex due to cases of the new disease, he added.
Health Director Ashok Sharma said that cases related to the mysterious disease were coming constantly. Samples of a few patients had been sent to New Delhi-based National Institute for Communicable Disease.
Platelet count reduces when affected by the mysterious disease much like in dengue. With only a few hospitals making platelets available for patients, difficulties of affected and doctors had increased.
Dr Anil Gupta, a private nursing home director, said dengue had already created panic among people. The outbreak of new disease with dengue-like symptoms has increased the fear. He admitted that private hospitals were unable to arrange facilities related to providing treatment due to spurt in the number of patients.
Dr Yogesh Malhotra said the outbreak could increase further given maximum temperature hovering around 34 degree Celsius.
Recently, 2,228 people had tested positive to dengue. Of them, 31 people had died. The number of affected people had been found to be more in Bhopal and Indore.
Adhir Kumar Saxena
Dengue, Malaria out of control
Posted On Monday, October 19, 2009
Bhopal, Oct 19:
Madhya Pradesh is sick with all sorts of diseases erupting through unbeatable mosquitoes. All efforts of the health department turn futile, crores of rupees go down the drain and hospitals are now hanging bill boards of `House Full, no beds". Lakhs of patients of malaria and dengue keep flooding hospitals with no respite to plights and pain. More than 25000 malaria patients have been registered in government hospitals across the state while more than 42 lakh people undertook malaria tests during first seven months of the year. A state level Malaria control room has also been set up, just as a formality. Bhopal is now under malaria siege with more than 20000 patients victimized by Anopheles. Dengue is another killer disease that seems to be gripping the district. A similar disease has also shown up and doctors are yet to find its antidote. All patient wards are full in government hospitals and no medicines are available. Still the Health Department keeps sleeping with no worry.
According to government sources lakhs of rupees are spent annually to ascertain cap on malaria and other mosquito bound diseases. This money is sent to all districts, but like every year, no effort is done on ground levels to destroy larvae or mosquitoes.
A mysterious disease having symptoms like dengue has also erupted in The capital city. Doctors are totally unaware about the new epidemic and have been caught unawares. They have collected samples and sent them for testing to a research laboratory and are waiting for test reports before they could commence any sort of preventive methods.
A mysterious disease with dengue-like symptoms caused by an unknown virus has affected people in the state capital and various districts in Madhya Pradesh. Private hospitals in the state capital have put up boards stating that beds were not available for patients.
Eminent doctor Yogesh Malhotra told here that he had never seen outbreak of this kind of disease in his medical career. While the cases of dengue are coming, things have become complex due to cases of the new disease, he added.
Health Director Ashok Sharma said that cases related to the mysterious disease were coming constantly. Samples of a few patients had been sent to New Delhi-based National Institute for Communicable Disease.
Platelet count reduces when affected by the mysterious disease much like in dengue. With only a few hospitals making platelets available for patients, difficulties of affected and doctors had increased.
Dr Anil Gupta, a private nursing home director, said dengue had already created panic among people. The outbreak of new disease with dengue-like symptoms has increased the fear. He admitted that private hospitals were unable to arrange facilities related to providing treatment due to spurt in the number of patients.
Dr Yogesh Malhotra said the outbreak could increase further given maximum temperature hovering around 34 degree Celsius.
Recently, 2,228 people had tested positive to dengue. Of them, 31 people had died. The number of affected people had been found to be more in Bhopal and Indore.
Adhir Kumar Saxena
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