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Seasonal diseases show pre-monsoon rise
26 Jun 2009, 0321 hrs IST, TNN
JAIPUR: This monsoon, the state health department may have to face with a high number of infectious diseases as the graph of patients
' flow has
already registered a steep rise in the state.
Last fortnight, nearly 2,000 cases of malaria have been registered across the state, the figures can be considered alarming as less than 6,000 cases were registered during initial five months. Nearly 40 dengue cases have also been encountered this year and most of them surfaced in June.
Following the general trends, the month of June is not much active in malaria or dengue incidence. Most of the malaria cases emerge between August and October while dengue prevalence is highest in November.
However this June, the malaria sting has been more vigorous and the number of cases registered last week were 30% higher than that the corresponding period last year. Hanumangarh district has reported the highest number of cases (more than 130) so far. And all this has occurred when the administration is observing June as "anti-malaria month".
The health department is, however, optimistic that the incidents malaria and dengue will be lower during months of July and August this year.
"Although the figures are comparatively higher in the past few weeks, we have taken effective measures to check them from rising" said Dr B R Meena, additional director at Directorate of Medical and Health Services (DMHS).
"The situation in Rajasthan is much better than most of the states. Only 50,000 malaria cases were reported last year and, this year, they will surely see a reduction of at least 10%," he added.
Dengue and malaria spread fast too as the vector mosquitoes are often breed in the shallow water collected in household utensils. With the source of disease breeding inside the house, it makes the other members of a patient's family quite vulnerable and more than one person of a family often contract the disease.
Other infectious diseases have been on the rise too. Nearly 100 people with complaints of vomiting and diarrhoea have been admitted in the government hospitals in Jaipur alone last week. Hundreds others were provided medication at the out-patient department (OPD) and private general hospitals.
Occurrences of jaundice and other water-borne diseases have also been high this June. The situation is only expected to worsen once the monsoon arrives in the state.
The city appears to be in a bad shape to meet the consequences as the nearly month-long strike by JMC contractors has already delayed the sanitation of city drains. As the weather is expected to remain hot and humid for more time, the condition will be more than optimum for breeding of disease vectors.
Seasonal diseases show pre-monsoon rise
26 Jun 2009, 0321 hrs IST, TNN
JAIPUR: This monsoon, the state health department may have to face with a high number of infectious diseases as the graph of patients
' flow has
already registered a steep rise in the state.
Last fortnight, nearly 2,000 cases of malaria have been registered across the state, the figures can be considered alarming as less than 6,000 cases were registered during initial five months. Nearly 40 dengue cases have also been encountered this year and most of them surfaced in June.
Following the general trends, the month of June is not much active in malaria or dengue incidence. Most of the malaria cases emerge between August and October while dengue prevalence is highest in November.
However this June, the malaria sting has been more vigorous and the number of cases registered last week were 30% higher than that the corresponding period last year. Hanumangarh district has reported the highest number of cases (more than 130) so far. And all this has occurred when the administration is observing June as "anti-malaria month".
The health department is, however, optimistic that the incidents malaria and dengue will be lower during months of July and August this year.
"Although the figures are comparatively higher in the past few weeks, we have taken effective measures to check them from rising" said Dr B R Meena, additional director at Directorate of Medical and Health Services (DMHS).
"The situation in Rajasthan is much better than most of the states. Only 50,000 malaria cases were reported last year and, this year, they will surely see a reduction of at least 10%," he added.
Dengue and malaria spread fast too as the vector mosquitoes are often breed in the shallow water collected in household utensils. With the source of disease breeding inside the house, it makes the other members of a patient's family quite vulnerable and more than one person of a family often contract the disease.
Other infectious diseases have been on the rise too. Nearly 100 people with complaints of vomiting and diarrhoea have been admitted in the government hospitals in Jaipur alone last week. Hundreds others were provided medication at the out-patient department (OPD) and private general hospitals.
Occurrences of jaundice and other water-borne diseases have also been high this June. The situation is only expected to worsen once the monsoon arrives in the state.
The city appears to be in a bad shape to meet the consequences as the nearly month-long strike by JMC contractors has already delayed the sanitation of city drains. As the weather is expected to remain hot and humid for more time, the condition will be more than optimum for breeding of disease vectors.
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