Pune: The city witnessed a significant surge in the case of dengue fever this month, besides Chikungunya, although the last amount is comparatively on the lower side.
GO WITH PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (PMC), a private hospital has registered 274 dengue cases in the last 20 days by opposing 200 cases throughout last month (July).
Avanti Avanti Golwilkar Mehendale, Head of the Diagnostic Lab G – One of the Accredited and Largest Private Laboratories in the City, said, “We have detected 422 patients with dengue IgM antibodies in July this year.
The number has risen to 505 this month – in the last 20 days .
“An official with the administration of the Hospital Jehangir said,” A patient who is big enough to come positive for the antigen and antibody fever.
We’ve recorded about 62 cases of dengue fever positive since June.
the case of sporadic of chikungunya are also visible.
“Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital intensivist Prasad Rajhans said, “We have around 10 dengue fever patients.
Most of them are stable.” “Dengue patients who turned sick critically have not been observed this year,” he added.
The accumulation of rainwater and poor maintenance has sent dengue cases that surge in several parts of the city.
Activists underlined that the number of cases of Covid unprecedented in April-May leads to half-hearted pre-monsoon steps, which leads to an increase in mosquito-transmitted diseases.
The PMC insect control department has recorded a total of 1,692 dengue cases this year, so far.
From them, private hospitals reported 1,557 cases and the Sentinel centers managed by the government reported 135 cases.
In addition, PMC recorded 84 Chikungunya cases in Sentinel centers in the city.
General Physician Sanjay Nagarkar from the Apollo Hospital Spectra said, “The majority of patients who come to the outpatient department (OPD) for the treatment of suffering from fever.
Their number has increased significantly for the past two weeks.” Kirti Prakash Kotla, a consultant pathologist at Diagnostics Apollo in Pune, “In July, we have detected 10 dengue patients and chikungunya patients.
Now, the number is increasing.
Every day around 10 to 15 patients come for testing and about 50% of them turned positive for dengue fever, typhus and chikungunya .
If diagnosed earlier, patients can be treated with interventions on time.
So, if you have a fever, seek medical attention instead of ignoring it.
“Doctor Aniket Joshi, member of the Indian Doctor Association, Pune Branch, said,” Most of the hospitals at The whole city has a bloody fever patient in it.
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