Dengue cases touch 200 mark

The number of confirmed cases of the disease was 19 on September 17. The Health department officials today said that there are 100 more suspected cases of dengue.

Meanwhile, the total number of suspected and confirmed cases reported from various hospitals crossed 600 with different hospitals admitting 37 suspected patients.

Two major hospitals 8212; Dayanand Medical College and Hospital and Christian Medical College Hospital 8212;have together admitted about 500 patients so far.

The Indian Medical Association IMA, while expressing concern at the high number of reported cases of dengue in the city, has demanded a coordinated approach between the health providers and civic authorities to sort out the yearly menace of dengue and gastroenteritis.

8220;Whereas the health providers can spread awareness about prevention and management of the disease, the civic authorities have to provide basic infrastructure facilities like housing, drinking water and sewage facilities and preventive measures like fogging of mosquitocidal agents. We have to adopt a holistic approach towards health care which is possible only through a coordinated approach,8221; an IMA statement said, adding that it has already written a letter to the commissioner of the Municipal Corporation for fogging on war-footing.