The number of dengue affected people in the State capital rose to 188 with 10 more patients found positive for the disease on Tuesday. Apart from the dengue infested Patharibagh where six more patients were found to be suffering from the disease on the day, two patients belonged to lakhibagh while one each belonghed to Dehrakhas and Sahastradhara road areas.
The District vector borne diseases officer JP Bahuguna informed informed that samples of 42 patients were collected for ElISA test from the Patharibagh anti dengue camp on Tuesday. He said that a total of 966 samples of the suspected patients have been taken from dengue infested Patharibagh area from July 15 till date. The department claims to conduct door to door surveys in the affected areas. The teams of the health department and the municipal corporation are carrying out fogging activities in dengue affected areas.
The health officials are claiming that though the dengue cases are being reported in large numbers from the state capital no death due to the disease proves that the virus is not very lethal. In Dehradun district has alone reported 188 cases of total 200 in the state so far. In Nainital district 10 cases of the disease have been reported so far.
In Dehradun, a beleaguered health department is claiming to be working on source reduction of the disease to decimate the Tiger mosquitoes, the career of the virus. On the directive of the state government a ‘Dengue cell’ has been set up in the associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) and a separate dengue ward with capacity of 20 beds is set up. A similar such ward is also set up in the Mahant Indiresh Hospital.