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Lucknow City - Not In The Case Of Health
August 20, 2007 at 12:43 PM
General Health News
The district health office has various scary figures to give. Some of them show that over 40,000 persons were taken ill by the viral and bacterial infections this rainy season. Government hospital statistics also give that there is two-fold increase in the number of patients suffering from infectious diseases. A prominent 60 percent of these patients complain of viral fever and severe body ache.
Says Medical superintendent, Balrampur Hospital, Dr DP Mishra: "The hospitals out-patient department (OPD) has seen a sudden spurt in the number of patients suffering from viral fever and infections, diarrhea, gastritis and even gastroenteritis.
To what do city health experts attribute this? According to Lucknows chief medical officer, Dr AK Shukla, unhygienic civic conditions and the supply of contaminated water are the culprits.
Science teaches that viruses and bacteria become hyperactive during the rainy season. This is due to high levels of humidity and frequent change in temperature. Once viruses or bacteria enter the body, they replicate or multiply till their number is high enough to cause an infection.
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