Malaria toll higher than declared,let’s clean up the city,says Raj

On Sunday,Mumbai North MP Sanjay Nirupam,Thackeray’s punching bag,had sprayed from a fogging machine in Gorai while Suburban Guardian Minister Naseem Khan had visited two hospitals with malaria patients.

Thackeray dismissed the BMC’s malaria toll: “According to my information,56 persons have died in KEM hospital in Mumbai alone due to malaria.” Minister for Public Health Suresh Shetty released figures that showed 43 persons in the state,including 34 in Mumbai,as having died of malaria in Mumbai since April.

Thackeray reiterated that it is only Central,state or BMC land that gets encroached upon; private land does not have slums.

Diseasedossier
* Two more deaths due to malaria,one each in Malad and Byculla. Toll since August 1 is 13. Also,124 more people test positive for malaria.
* A resident each of Colaba and and Mazegaon die of leptospirosis.
* 553 swabs collected for H1N1 in August; 12 test positive and two dead.
* 5,716 people have reported to BMC and private hospitals for monsoon-related diseases since August 1.
* KEM and LTMG hospitals were to put up additional beds for malaria patients last Monday,both construction of proposed camps yet to start at LTMG,beds yet to be put up at KEM. “Neither doctors nor staff nurses have been told about the extra hours we will have to put in,” says a member of Mumbai Association of Resident Doctor.