Search This Blog

Thursday, May 20, 2010

India : 43 hospitalised in 24 hours with malaria

Via Hindustan Times :

" Forty-three more people were hospitalised with malaria between Monday and Tuesday morning, according to civic records.

Malaria cases usually plummet during summer but the mosquito-borne disease has already claimed three lives and infected more than 1,300 people this month. The spurt in malaria cases has raised questions about BMC’s mosquito-control activities.

Malaria is transmitted via the bite of mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite. Since mosquitoes breed in stagnant water, the BMC fumigates sites of water collection across the city.

More than 1,500 construction sites in the city are major breeding spots for mosquitoes as water is often left unattended on slabs or in containers.

From May 1, however, the civic body had put the onus of fumigating construction sites on builders. A section of the BMC has criticised the decision saying that the BMC is shirking its responsibility."

No comments:

Post a Comment