400 dengue cases in Delhi so far
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Around 400 cases of dengue were reported in the national capital this season, almost triggering the threat of a dengue outbreak in the city.
Around 30 cases were reported on Saturday alone.
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has so far reported the highest number of cases, around 150 cases, with the north and East Delhi Municipal Corporations trailing not far behind, reporting approximately 140 and 70 cases respectively.
While the rough estimated number of dengue cases being reported in Delhi is around 30 per day, doctors in most major Delhi hospitals say they are getting at least 20 cases every day.
“The situation is not good at all. We are getting at least 20-30 dengue cases every day,” said Atul Gogia from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital of Delhi. “Most of our beds are filled with dengue patients,” says Vivek Nangia from Delhi’s Fortis hospital. “Lots of patients are coming with dengue symptoms every day,” the doctor said.
Doctors, however, did not divulge the exact number of cases coming to the hospitals as the municipal corporation has asked them not to provide figures to the media.
National Vector Born Disease Control programme director A.C. Dhariwal said private hospitals are reporting high number of cases because they are taking a “rapid diagnostic test”, which is not reliable.
“Private hospitals usually take rapid diagnostic test for dengue, which is not reliable,” Mr Dhariwal said. “We treat those cases as suspect and do not register them. The official figures include only ELISA test-based results,” he said.
An ELISA test uses components of the immune system and chemicals to detect immune responses in the body, to infectious microbes. The ELISA test involves an enzyme and also involves an antibody or antigen, and is more accurate. Mr Gogia says avoiding mosquito bites is the first step.
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KK Singh
16 Oct 2012 - 14:27
I have read that homeopathic remedies are helpful in curing Dengue. In case of high fever specially in night with rashes take Rhus Tox-30, four pills thrice a day. In low platlet cpunt have Crotalus Horridus-200 once a day. If heavy bone pains Eupatorium Perfoliatum-30 twice a day will help.
Cheer up.
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Mort
15 Oct 2012 - 18:29
There is erractic , dengue causing , primetime , industry crippling electricity power cuts for at least 12 hours every day in Tamilnadu.
We had warned people . Not to vote for Dictator Jayalalitha or Calamity Jayalalitha. Yet the people voted for her as she had asked them to vote. She got absolute majority on her own. First thing she did was throw out her election partner Vijayakant from the Legislative Assembly.No opposition party at all !!! Now this Calamitious power cuts. Serves the people right?
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