Mosquito menace hits Ahmedabad

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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mosquito-menace-hits-city/articleshow/4311518.cms\

Mosquito menace hits city
24 Mar 2009, 2353 hrs IST, TNN

Ahmedabad: People in this part of Ahmedabad have got used to living by the side of a gutter. Residents of Shilaj, Ghuma, Manipur,
Ghodhavi and surrounding areas have been tormented by what they call monster mosquitoes' for the last three years now.

The stagnant, semi-treated toilet water from Gandhinagar via a state irrigation canal that flows through these areas acts as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

One cannot even drive two-wheelers here after sunset due to this predicament. Helmets are worn only to prevent the mosquitoes from going into people's mouths.

The administration, however, seems to have turned a blind eye. Hitesh Aahir, 42, chairman of Karmajyot Society in Ghuma asserts, "I had filed a complaint at Thaltej ward of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) two months ago, but no action has been taken so far."

Residents can't keep windows and doors open after twilight because of the mosquitoes. They wake up to a nauseating odour in the morning. The ordeal does not seem to end here.

Kishore Dedia, resident of Aryaman Bungalows in Shilaj, says, "We dread mosquitoes and outbreak of diseases like chikunguniya, dengue, malaria and falciparum. Our kids are most vulnerable to them. No repellents seem to work on these mosquitoes

 

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Re: Mosquito menace hits Ahmedabad

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_30-yr-old-dies-of-dengue-one-more-case-at-civil_1266705

30-yr-old dies of dengue; one more case at civil
DNA Correspondent
Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:06 IST


Ahmedabad: A 30-year-old woman died of dengue at the Civil hospital in Asarva on Thursday evening, while a girl from Wadaj has been admitted in the hospital suffering from the disease.

The deceased, Kanchan Thakor, a resident of Vakil in Chali in Bapunagar, had been brought to the hospital with a report stating that she was suffering from dengue. "She was admitted at 4.45 pm and died at around 6.00 pm in the trauma centre on Thursday," a source in the Civil hospital said.

A source said that she had been earlier admitted to Chandramani, a multi-speciality hospital in Shahibaug. She had been kept on a ventilator for three or four days, during which time she had been diagnosed with dengue.

The doctors at Chandramani had suggested that she be shifted to the Civil or VS hospital as her husband, an unemployed diamond worker, did not have the money for further treatment. Thakor's body has been removed from the Civil hospital, which has not conducted a post-mortem or further investigation.

"Her family said they had a report which said she was suffering from dengue, but we did not have our report on the same. They have taken her body from the hospital for the final rites," said Dr Gautam Sharma, assistant administrator, Civil hospital.

A doctor of the hospital, on the condition of anonymity, said that such cases of dengue and malaria were common and occurred periodically. Meanwhile, a source in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said that a dengue case had been registered in the Civil hospital. The patient is a resident of Wadaj and has been confirmed as suffering from dengue, the source said.

Commenting on this incidence of the disease, chairman of the health committee of the AMC, Praful Raval said that the health department will take precautions this monsoon to control the outbreak of malaria, dengue and other waterborne diseases.

"We will deploy seven mobile medical vans in different areas of the city to keep a close eye on outbreaks," he said. The vans will distribute medicines and collect blood samples. "We will also urge citizens to inform us of case of malaria, dengue, cholera and other diseases, so that the health department may take immediate action," Raval said.