Increased number of patients of malaria and cholera in Ahmedabad and Vadodara


After a bit of rains there has been an outbreak of malaria, cholera and other such diseases because of the tremendous increase in number of mosquitoes in both Ahmedbad as well as Vadodara. In this year there has been 7000 cases of malaria are noted approximately in Ahmedabad. This is the result of litter and dinginess in the city and residents blames that corporation is not taking any steps to clean the areas.
Similar is the situation in Vadodara city.

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Civil Hospitals of Surat and Rajkot are flooded with patients


Following the rains there has been an outbreak of diseases such as malaria, cholera, typhoid, etc. in Surat and Rajkot. Dinginess caused by the rains have resulted in this epidemic. Looking at the figures there has been a drastic increase in the number of waterborne disease and those caused by mosquito bites. In civil hospitals of both Surat and Rajkot there was same situation.

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Outbreak of Epidemic in Navsari, 79 suffered from Diarrhoea


After Dhanera cholera epidemic has struck Mithilanagari village of Navsari. 79 people were admitted to hospital complaining vomiting and diarrhoea of which 8 are in critical condition. District Health Minister has stated that water contamination and pile of garbage in area is responsible for disease outbreak.

Groups of doctor has been deployed in different areas to collect blood samples to sent it for examination. Corporation has undertaken cleanliness of garbage and filth in the area.

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Village contracts cholera due to polluted water, 2 dies, Banaskantha


There has been an outbreak of cholera in Dhanera village of Banaskantha. Lack of pure drinking water has resulted in this disease.Many cases of diarrhea have been reported in the past five days. The disease has also caused the death of two people in the town.

Dhanera town has been declared cholera prone by district collector and district magistrate. The urban area of Dhanera is declared cholera prone and other villages are also included. Dhanera Mamlatdar is given the charge to control the epidemic of cholera.

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Outburst of Jaundice, 35 cases in a single area, Ahmedabad


There has been a drastic increase in the waterborne diseases this summer. In Rajivnagar area of Ahmedabad, residents are harassed with the contaminated water and waterborne disease. There is an outburst of jaundice in the area and approximately 35 cases of jaundice are registered till now. Doctors themselves are accepting this but the authority is still negligent towards this.
There is no cleanliness and hygiene in the area and the contaminated water is the main reason behind this condition of the residents.
There are 300 families living in this area and their lives are at stake. When our team visited the area we found that one in each family suffers from one or the other disease. The government as well as private hospitals are flooded with patients.
When our team reached the area, authority started working towards cleaning the water and the area. The authority also distributed chlorine tablets in the houses.
When contacted the corporator he ensure that the water that is supplied is pure.
However, residents very clearly says that since many years the area does not receives pure water. This was accepted by the Primary Health Officer.
This was the first time that the drive of purity of water took place in this area for which residents thanked our team.

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Epidemic of waterborne diseases, Ahmedabad


As a result of extreme heat during summer this year there has been an increase in the diseases that are caused by water and mosquitoes. Hence hospitals are flooded with patients. Talking about the number of diseases in Ahmedabad since January to April than there are 1271 cases of diarrhea and vomiting, 1604 cases of normal malaria, 163 of virulent malaria, 60 of dengue, 1225 of jaundice, 409 of typhoid, 3 of cholera and 2 of chikungunya are registered. Two died of dengue as well.
All these figures describe the outburst of diseases in the city.

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Civil Hospital flooded with patients, Ahmedabad


With increasing heat the number of diseases is also increasing. Every day one or the other person is admitted in Civil Hospital complaining of fever, dehydration, vomiting, etc. The number of jaundice, typhoid, cholera and malaria is increasing. Apart from this the number of skin diseases is also increasing. Patients at Civil Hospital of Ahmedabad has seen a tremendous increase in the number of patients everyday.

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Increase in number of diseases due to extreme heat, Ahmedabad


There has been a tremendous increase in number of diseases such as Cholera, Jaundice, Malaria and others, due to extreme hot temperature. Municipal Health Department officials are also stunned with this increase in the numbers of patients. According to sources, the number of diarrhea patients is 404, jaundice 172, typhoid 115, cholera 02, malaria 337, virulent malaria 07 and total 8 cases are registered of dengue among which 2 died.
People are falling victims to disease spreading with contaminated water and unhygienic food products. Authority is taking the necessary measures to stop this increase in the diseases.

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