Noida: A total of 12 cases of new dengue fever were reported in Noida on Friday.
With this, Kasel in the city reaches 286 – high throughout the time.
After a surge in cases, the health department has now formed 350 teams for fogging and drive awareness.
They included authorized officials, Nagar Panchayats, Nagar Palika and District Administration.
Officials said that drives fogging had been intensified along with survey supervision and containers to check whether people let fresh water gather in their homes.
“We have increased door-to-door supervision to check whether water is collected.
We can see some clusters now where more cases are reported.
We will soon have a clear area.
Meanwhile, we send teams in places from our place Getting a complaint, “said Dr.
Sunil Sharma, a medical officer.
The Ministry of Health has begun to force punishment to builders and residents where stagnant water is found.
More than 35 residents in two high-rise communities have been fined a cumulative number of Rs 50,000.
Meanwhile, most private hospitals ordered more beds for bloody fever patients because the beds were mostly busy with fever patients.
Sharda Hospital on Friday added 100 dengue beds at the hospital.
“We get around 100-150 patients every day with symptoms like dengue.
Of these, around 40 requires hospitalization.
The problem is that many children are also affected.
We recently have female patients with very low platelet counts that have children The two days he refers to us.
We have to admit it and children in the NICU for monitoring.
Managing the bed has become challenging now, “said Ajit Kumar, spokesman, Sharda Hospital.
At Felix Hospital, extra beds have been arranged in available rooms.
“There has been a steep increase in patients with symptoms like dengue fever.
They need to be hospitalized.
Because we have small establishments, we strive to use whatever space we have to accommodate serious patients,” said Dr.
DK Gupta, chairman, Felix Hospital.
Meanwhile, the District Health Department did not receive a positive bloody report sent by a private hospital.
Officials said that according to the norm of the country, if a patient was found positive, their samples must be sent to the laboratory at the District Hospital or PGI for the child to verify and confirm.
Only cases tested by both labs are added to the district calculation.
However, a private hospital claims that while reports can be sent, it is not feasible for them to send hundreds of samples every day to the district hospital.