Several measures and multiple awareness programmes conducted by the health department have not shown any positive results as the figures of dengue and malaria have increased in the district. This year, there have been 486 cases of suspected dengue of which 35 have been confirmed, 21 confirmed cases of malaria have already been reported in the city this year so far.
Patients who were diagnosed with dengue and malaria complained of high fever, sweating, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, muscle pain and traces of blood in their stool.
Last year, the health department had suspected 621 cases of dengue of which 30 were confirmed, while 20 cases of malaria and 15 cases of chikungunya were confirmed.
According to data collected by the district health department and the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), the highest number of suspected cases of the dengue and malaria in the district has been reported from DLF Phase-1, Phase-2, Phase-5, Sushant Lok 1, DLF Phase-3 and South City phase-1 respectively.
According to doctors, the season for dengue haemorrhagic fever usually starts in June and lasts till mid-December. However, in August this year, only five cases of dengue were confirmed, while in the same month in 2017 and 2016, 19 and 32 cases of dengue were confirmed.
“We have organised medical camps in the high-risk area of the city and remote areas also the medical representatives encourage people not to avoid these vector-borne decease. Our volunteer’s regularly encouraging people to take proper medical care to keep away from these decreases.
“We are keeping a vigil eye on lab technicians, ambulances and other logistics who are to be positioned in primary health centres and community health centres,” said BK Rajora, Chief Medical Officer, civil hospital.