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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : October 3, 2012 8:20 AM IST
At least 12 cases of dengue were reported on Tuesday. Five of the patients tested positive are minors. This was a day after Health Minister A K Walia directed city hospitals to send reports of dengue and malaria cases to check under-reporting of cases.
There has been a huge increase in dengue and malaria cases over the past two weeks in the capital due to growing menace of mosquitoes. So far, 85 people have tested positive for dengue in the city. Two patients have succumbed to the disease so far.
"While nine cases were reported from different areas under the jurisdiction of the three municipal corporations on Tuesday, one case each was reported from areas under the jurisdiction of New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi Cantonment Board and the railways," said a health department official. "While two cases on Tuesday were reported from Karol Bagh, one case each was reported from Civil Lines, Sadar-Paharganj, Narela, west zone, central zone, south zone and sahadra (north)," said the official.
"There is a sudden spurt in dengue cases over the past week. We are getting 10-12 suspected cases daily and those with platelet counts lesser than 50,000 have to be admitted," said Dr S P Byotra, head of the medicine department at Sir Ganga Ram hospital.
"This spurt in cases is expected, as mosquito breeding takes place once the monsoon ends, till the onset of winter. The total number of cases is still the lowest in a decade, for this time of the year," a senior health official from the South municipal corporation said.
"Mosquito repellents must be used and the surrounding should be clean and stagnation of water must be checked," said Dr V K Monga, ex-chairman, MCD health committee. "We have come across many patients who stop taking the medicines once the symptoms subside. This is wrong and might cause recurrence of the disease," Monga said.
