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Mosquito-borne diseases in Mumbai see alarming rise in September

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Vector-borne diseases including malaria and dengue have shown a sharp increase in Mumbai during the first half of September.

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  • Mumbai has reported a significant surge in vector-borne illnesses, with malaria and dengue cases in the first fifteen days of September already reaching half of the total figures recorded for August.
  • Medical experts have observed an increase in hospitalizations and instances of patients co-infected with multiple diseases.
  • Health authorities have intensified monitoring in affected city wards and are advising residents to adopt preventive measures.

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Gautam Bhansali

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  • One falciparum malaria patient had to be in the ICU a couple of weeks ago. This can happen when patients arrive late with high-grade fever, shivering, and a drop in platelet count. Then it is very difficult to treat
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    recorded. Doctors said they have also been seeing co-infected patients. Dr Gautam Bhansali, a senior consultant physician at Bombay Hospital, has seen patients rushing in with both dengue and malaria simultaneously. “ One falciparum malaria patient had to be in the ICU a couple of weeks ago. This can happen when patients arrive late with high-grade fever, shivering, and a drop in platelet count. Then it is very difficult to treat ,” he said. Dr Hemlata Arora, internal medicine specialist at Nanavati Hospital, added that hospitalisation for both dengue and malaria has seen a spike. The health department said the areas of E Ward (Hans Road,

Manjusha Agarwal

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  • I have had chikungunya patients who have been following up with me for a year due to complications. Dengue and malaria can still be managed quite well medically.
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    precautions and preventive measures. Dr Manjusha Agarwal, a senior consultant in internal medicine at Gleneagles Hospital, said she noticed a steady uptick in chikungunya, which carries a lot of long-term morbidity. “ I have had chikungunya patients who have been following up with me for a year due to complications. Dengue and malaria can still be managed quite well medically. ” She added that leptospirosis, which had ticked up in July and Aug, has now declined. “We saw one death due to lepto, but the person had pre-existing comorbidities and was over 60,” said Dr Agarwal. Most lepto cases

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