The dengue victim was a resident of Malad hailing from Uttar Pradesh. As per the clinical history, the victim was suffering from fever, headache and body pain for four to five days.
Monsoon-related waterborne diseases claimed two lives this month. According to the mid-month data released by the Public Health Department on September 19, a 46-year-old female Malad resident died of dengue and leptospirosis killed a 37-year-old male resident from Andheri.
The dengue victim was a resident of Malad hailing from Uttar Pradesh. As per the clinical history, the victim was suffering from fever, headache and body pain for four to five days. Though she was admitted to a private hospital, she took discharge against medical advice and later shifted to a public hospital after her condition worsened. She breathed her last on September 1, due to respiratory failure which is common in dengue fever cases with thrombocytopenia.
The leptospirosis victim, a resident of Andheri who died on September 6, was suffering from high fever with chills, body ache and episodes of vomiting and loose motion. His cause of death was revealed to be acute respiratory distress syndrome along with multi-organ dysfunction syndrome.
According to the data, 19 cases of leptospirosis, 213 cases of dengue, 307 cases of malaria, 227 cases of gastroenteritis, 68 cases of hepatitis, and one case of cholera were registered till September 16.
Dr Padmaja Keskar, executive health officer of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), said, “The number of malaria and dengue cases increase after the monsoon, and people need to look out for symptoms related to monsoon diseases. We had been trying to increase awareness in the citizens via posters at Ganapati pandals and other public spaces.”
“We have surveyed 984 houses in the ward and screened two cases of fever. Awareness activity was undertaken in the surveyed area. In 884 houses, 396 containers were inspected, of which two dengue mosquito breeding spots were detected and destroyed immediately,” said a health official from the Public Health Department.
DEATH TOLL
Leptospirosis 19
Dengue 213
Malaria 307
Gastro 227
Hepatitis 68
Cholera 1
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