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Killer mosquitoes make life miserable for Ahmedabad residents

With two more deaths from Malaria Plasmodium Falciparum (falciparum) on Saturday, death toll from the mosquito-borne disease has risen to 13 in the city this year.

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With two more deaths from Malaria Plasmodium Falciparum (falciparum) on Saturday, death toll from the mosquito-borne disease has risen to 13 in the city this year. On the other hand, the total number of malaria cases has also reached 3,374, which clearly indicates that Amdavad is in the grip of the killer mosquito.

The state government's health department too has woken up to the alarming situation and started investigating the root of the deadly disease.

Not only malaria, but dengue cases too are rising alarmingly in the city. Number of dengue cases in the city has reached 100 as per Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department data.
The last victim to fall prey to falciparum at Sola Civil Hospital was from Nava Vadaj ward, while another patient from Rakhial who was admitted at Shardaben Hospital in Saraspur too died of the disease, AMC sources said.

Meanwhile, a team from the state government's health department visited the city to investigate rising number of deaths from vector-borne diseases. The team checked case papers of each of the deceased patients to obtain information about treatment given to the patient as well as reason for death, said sources in AMC.

Interestingly, though Municipal commissioner, Guruprasad Mohapatra had promised a clean city with the improvement of solid waste management as his priority, around 400 tonne of garbage is found top be lying by roadsides everyday in the city. The garbage heaps are favourable mosquito breeding grounds, resulting in the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

"We have taken a number of steps for improvement of solid waste management system. However, it will take some time to show results," said IK Patel, deputy municipal commissioner of AMC's health department.

Patel said that solid waste management has very little to do with the spread of malaria and dengue as mosquitoes breeding in populated areas are responsible for it.

He accepted the fact that number of malaria and dengue cases has risen in the city, but added that administration has taken effective measures to check the disease. "We have doubled the frequency of door-to-door survey and started cross-verification of the results. Moreover, we have also placed an order for a new pesticide called ACT to check mosquito breeding," said Patel.

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