Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Monsoon woes: 2 kids test positive for cholera in Mumbai
Published: Sunday, Jul 3, 2011, 8:00 IST
By Somita Pal | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
Mumbai is reeling from many cases of water borne diseases like jaundice, diarrhoea, gastroenteritis-cholera has also been added to that list. Two children have tested positive at the Sion hospital on Friday.
?The samples of the two children have shown presence of the cholera organism. One is from Antop Hill and the other from Bhiwandi. They are presently being treated and both are recuperating,? confirmed a senior doctor from the Sion hospital.
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Earlier this year, in January, Bandra (East) was under medical scanner after few cases of cholera were reported.
A total of 1,823 people had to be admitted to civic-run hospitals due to gastroenteritis and more than 250 for jaundice. Two deaths due to gastroenteritis have been recorded. What has alarmed the civic authority even further is that the majority of cases are being reported from the H-East, E, L and F-North wards. The BMC is also planning to do micro-mapping of the four main areas from where the majority of gastroenteritis, diarrhoea and jaundice cases are being reported.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/repo...s-test-positive-for-cholera-in-mumbai_1561729
Published: Sunday, Jul 3, 2011, 8:00 IST
By Somita Pal | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
Mumbai is reeling from many cases of water borne diseases like jaundice, diarrhoea, gastroenteritis-cholera has also been added to that list. Two children have tested positive at the Sion hospital on Friday.
?The samples of the two children have shown presence of the cholera organism. One is from Antop Hill and the other from Bhiwandi. They are presently being treated and both are recuperating,? confirmed a senior doctor from the Sion hospital.
...
Earlier this year, in January, Bandra (East) was under medical scanner after few cases of cholera were reported.
A total of 1,823 people had to be admitted to civic-run hospitals due to gastroenteritis and more than 250 for jaundice. Two deaths due to gastroenteritis have been recorded. What has alarmed the civic authority even further is that the majority of cases are being reported from the H-East, E, L and F-North wards. The BMC is also planning to do micro-mapping of the four main areas from where the majority of gastroenteritis, diarrhoea and jaundice cases are being reported.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/repo...s-test-positive-for-cholera-in-mumbai_1561729