Via Hindustan Times :
" Jamia Nagar, home to five lakh people in South-East Delhi reports more than 40 cases of dengue every day, which is twice the number that Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) records from across the Capital. Local hospitals receive more than 100 suspected cases of dengue daily from six areas that form Jamia Nagar- Batla house, Abul Fazal Enclave, Shaheen Baagh, Zakir Nagar, Jauhri Farm and Noor Nagar - and the adjacent areas such as Nai Basti and Joga Bai extension.
Doctors at the two hospitals — Holy family and Maxfort —claim that the civic agency responsible for recording the data is grossly understating the numbers. “Out of every 10 suspected dengue cases that come to our casualty ward, eight are confirmed cases of dengue,” said Dr Shamshir Akhtar, a senior doctor at Maxfort.
The situation is worse at the Holy Family hospital. They have run out of beds to accommodate more dengue patients and have put up a signage indicating the same. They are referring patients to hospitals such as Apollo and Batra."
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