The wet spell over the weekend might have ushered in a host of monsoon-related ailments, officials in the health department of BMC warned on Saturday.
Mumbai’s health depends on its weather. When it rains, it pours diseases as well. The wet spell over the weekend might have ushered in a host of monsoon-related ailments, officials in the health department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation warned on Saturday.
This is not good news, considering the city is already reeling under a spate of weather-related diseases, including leptospirosis, dengue, malaria, gastroenteritis and viral fever. Two malaria deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, one from Suvarna Hospital, Borivli, and another from Mahavir Hospital, Khar, Dr Neera Kewalramani, deputy executive health officer of the BMC said on Saturday. He added that civic hospitals and private hospitals reported 46 and 32 new cases of malaria respectively.
Another 197 patients were admitted to the city’s civic hospitals with high-grade fever, while 56 were admitted with gastroenteritis since Friday, according to the health department. Public and private hospitals reported two cases of leptospirosis each, while five new cases of dengue were also reported, one from a civic hospital.
“Monsoon-related disease depend on the incubation of the virus. The incubation period for leptospirosis is 10-14 days, while mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and malaria require accumulation of stagnant water, which acts as a breeding ground for the mosquito,” said general practitioner SN Acharya.
BMC health records, too, show this. “We saw a sharp rise in the number of cases, and deaths, to four-five per day in civic hospitals, since August 11,” said civic health chief Jayaraj Thanekar. “This is because of the torrential rain that hit the city on June 30.” The BMC’s 25 health posts are prepared to tackle the fresh wave of patients that the current spell of rains might bring. Teams of resident medical officers from medical colleges have been put on stand-by for this.
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