Increased number of Dengue patients reported in Delhi !

Delhi is being adversely affected by the increasing number of Dengue patients every day. People are getting paranoid, as the disease is spreading all over the city. 


Below mentioned are the symptoms of the fever as per medicinenet.com. If you have any of the symptoms, it is advisable to see a Doctor.

Dengue Fever Symptoms and Signs

After being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, the incubation period ranges from three to 15 (usually five to eight) days before the signs and symptoms of dengue appear. Dengue starts with chills, headache, pain upon moving the eyes, and low backache. Painful aching in the legs and joints occurs during the first hours of illness. The temperature rises quickly as high as 104 F (40 C), with relative low heart rate (bradycardia) and low blood pressure(hypotension). The eyes become reddened. A flushing or pale pink rash comes over the face and then disappears. The glands (lymph nodes) in the neck and groin are often swollen.

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Dengue cases reported in Delhi as per indiatoday.intoday.in 


Delhi is under the grip of dengue but the municipal authorities are busy fudging figures to save face. Headlines Today has found that the number of dengue patients in the city is at least four times that recorded by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

For the records, Delhi has reported only 322 positive cases of dengue. But a check of five hospitals in the city has revealed nearly 1,400 cases.
Holy Family Hospital alone has had 599 confirmed cases of dengue in just a month. The Max hospitals in Saket and Patparganj together have recorded 224 cases in a little over a month.

Moolchand Hospital saw 450 confirmed cases in July and August while RML Hospital recorded 80 cases this month. At LNJP Hospital, records show 45 cases in August alone.

The number of cases is rising daily. On Thursday, 25 people tested positive for dengue.

Running out of time and methods, the MCD is looking at innovative ways to contain the disease. A 'mosquito terminator train' will now be run, spraying larvicides in water bodies along the railway tracks.

The train was flagged off by MCD Commissioner K.S. Mehra. The train will run from New Delhi station to Hazrat Nizamuddin via Shahdara and Anand Vihar. It will also target the Ring Railway network via Lajpat Nagar.

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