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Gastro outbreak in Mumbai
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Mumbai, Mar 16: A total of 101 patients suffering from gastroenteritis have been admitted to different hospitals in Mumbai, while the death toll remained at two. In the Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital in south Mumbai, 88 patients are undergoing treatment while five are in intensive care unit, the hospital sources said.
Most of the patients are the residents of Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar and Saboo Siddik Nagar chawls near Crawford Market, the sources said.
Another three patients are admitted to Kasturba Gandhi Hospital in central Mumbai and 10 in St George Hospital and five in J J hospital in south Mumbai, the sources said adding, condition of all the patients is stable. Two children died due to gastroenteritis on Wednesday while the first case was reported on 13th March.
All the patients complained of diarrhoea and vomitting, common gastro symptoms, they said. BMC health officials ruled out the possiblity of food poisoning and said the possible cause of gastro outbreak could be contaminated water supply. However, Water Department sources had claimed that water samples from BMC supply lines have tested normal.
As a precautionary measure, BMC has stopped water supply to the areas where outbreak has been reported and water tankers were being provided to those localities.
Gastro hits Bangalore
Bangalore: Eleven-year-old Satya is one of the many children affected by gastroenteritis at Cottonpet as gastroenteritis has broken out in the garden city.
Bangalore's Epidemic Diseases Hospital is inundated with patients. So far, nearly 100 cases of gastroenteritis have been referred to the hospital in the past five days.
Seven cases of cholera had been reported in January and February and three more this month.
"Corporation authorities have started surveillance in the area to find out people by going house to house. So many are suffering. There's no problem with drugs," Dr M G Prasad, Director of Health and Family Welfare, says.
Corporation officials are supposed to be in control. But such is the state of affairs that there's no water in the Epidemic Diseases Hospital.
The corporation's public library at Cottonpet is one of the worst affected areas. It's rooftop and backyard's is being used as a garbage dump.
Nearby, the water tank, which supplies drinking to the entire locality, has contaminated water. A bit further down, the open sewers has unhygienic water as well. Dr Prasad adds, "Doctors can't do much in case of gastroenteritis. There are other things like general sanitation and personal hygiene, which are very important. Eat fresh food, drink clean water and do not eat cut fruits. Cut fruits are being banned." Sunny days and the pre-monsoon rains at night have facilitated the spread of the diseases. And the people from the lower strata of society, who live in highly unhygienic conditions, have been the most affected.
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Gastro outbreak in Mumbai
</TD></TR><TR><TD>Agencies
Mumbai, Mar 16: A total of 101 patients suffering from gastroenteritis have been admitted to different hospitals in Mumbai, while the death toll remained at two. In the Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital in south Mumbai, 88 patients are undergoing treatment while five are in intensive care unit, the hospital sources said.
Most of the patients are the residents of Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar and Saboo Siddik Nagar chawls near Crawford Market, the sources said.
Another three patients are admitted to Kasturba Gandhi Hospital in central Mumbai and 10 in St George Hospital and five in J J hospital in south Mumbai, the sources said adding, condition of all the patients is stable. Two children died due to gastroenteritis on Wednesday while the first case was reported on 13th March.
All the patients complained of diarrhoea and vomitting, common gastro symptoms, they said. BMC health officials ruled out the possiblity of food poisoning and said the possible cause of gastro outbreak could be contaminated water supply. However, Water Department sources had claimed that water samples from BMC supply lines have tested normal.
As a precautionary measure, BMC has stopped water supply to the areas where outbreak has been reported and water tankers were being provided to those localities.
Gastro hits Bangalore
Bangalore: Eleven-year-old Satya is one of the many children affected by gastroenteritis at Cottonpet as gastroenteritis has broken out in the garden city.
Bangalore's Epidemic Diseases Hospital is inundated with patients. So far, nearly 100 cases of gastroenteritis have been referred to the hospital in the past five days.
Seven cases of cholera had been reported in January and February and three more this month.
"Corporation authorities have started surveillance in the area to find out people by going house to house. So many are suffering. There's no problem with drugs," Dr M G Prasad, Director of Health and Family Welfare, says.
Corporation officials are supposed to be in control. But such is the state of affairs that there's no water in the Epidemic Diseases Hospital.
The corporation's public library at Cottonpet is one of the worst affected areas. It's rooftop and backyard's is being used as a garbage dump.
Nearby, the water tank, which supplies drinking to the entire locality, has contaminated water. A bit further down, the open sewers has unhygienic water as well. Dr Prasad adds, "Doctors can't do much in case of gastroenteritis. There are other things like general sanitation and personal hygiene, which are very important. Eat fresh food, drink clean water and do not eat cut fruits. Cut fruits are being banned." Sunny days and the pre-monsoon rains at night have facilitated the spread of the diseases. And the people from the lower strata of society, who live in highly unhygienic conditions, have been the most affected.
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