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Mumbai gastroenteritis cases rise to 219
Mumbai: The number of people suffering from gastroenteritis in Mumbai went up to 219 on Friday, even as the state government and the medical community denied reports of an outbreak of cholera in the city. "With the number of deaths remaining at two in the city, the gastroenteritis cases admitted till Thursday morning to the G T Hospital in south Mumbai have gone upto 162 and more people are coming in to get admitted," said Dr. P Shingare of the J J Group of Hospitals. While denying reports of a cholera outbreak in the city, Dr. Shingare said, "We have sent blood samples of 50 suspect cases and the reports are still awaited. Only then can we say anything on that." Most of the patients have been admitted to state-run and Bombay Municipal Corporation-run hospitals here. The number of patients admitted to St. George Hospital has gone up to 28 while admissions to Corporation-run Kasturba Hospital are at 16 till this morning, health officials said. According to the hospital sources, six patients in J J Hospital and seven in Cama Hospital are under observation. As per the information received from hospital sources, a 100-bed ward for new cases has prepared at the Nair Hospital in south Mumbai.
"Some of the patients were complained of vomiting and diarrhoea. Those
Patients whose condition is stable would be discharged in a day or two,"
officials said. Most of the patients are residents of Crawford Market,
Municipal Chawal, Bengalipura and Sabu Siddique have already been suspected,
the BMC sources said. The illness was caused by the consumption of contaminated
water. Meanwhile, in affected areas water supply has been cut as a measure
of precaution. Earlier, civic officials denied this and said they have
tested the water samples. Patients complained that lack of civic sanitation
and unavailability of safe drinking water had lead to the outbreak of
the disease. Gastroenteritis is a water-borne bacterial disease, which
causes inflammation of stomach and intestine. Doctors are advising people
to take various precautions like washing their hands before eating, not
eating food from the roadside, eating freshly cooked or well heated food
and drinking only boiled water.
-Mar 17, 2006
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