The BMC health department’s fourth week health report shows that the number of dengue cases has dropped. According to the report, 37 dengue cases were reported last week. Doctors, however, are worried about the virulent form of the disease.
Dr Mangala Gomare, head of epidemiology department of BMC said, “We are hoping that by next week, there will be a further dip in dengue cases.”
As against 578 dengue patients treated in public hospitals from January to September, BMC officers had last week revealed that in October, these hospitals had seen 735 patients.
According to doctors, the problem with dengue is initially its symptoms resemble that of a fever, and that the complications set in after five days. “A patient usually visits his doctor with symptoms of upper respiratory infection. It is only after a few days that the virus hits out, leading to a drop in the patient’s platelet levels,” said Dr Subodh Kedia, a family physician from Bandra.
Doctors insist that as long as people take proper care and rest well, there is no need to be worried about dengue.
Eleven people have lost their lives following the outbreak of dengue in the city, prompting the BMC to call in experts from Delhi’s National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme and the National Institute of Malarial Research from Goa to bring the situation under control.
The BMC has also served notices to 570 housing societies for failing to implement measures to curb dengue in their premises.
Apart from dengue, this week, 214 cases of malaria, 186 cases of gastroenteritis, 40 cases of hepatitis, three leptospirosis and two swine flu cases were registered.
Major outbreak
The BMC health department’s fourth week health report shows that 37 dengue cases were reported last week
As against 578 dengue patients treated in public hospitals from January to September, BMC officers had last week revealed that in October, these hospitals had seen 735 patients
The BMC has served notices to 570 housing societies for failing to implement measures to curb dengue in their premises.
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