Click to play videoNew Delhi: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday night with most areas of the city waterlogged including Andheri, Dadar, Chembur, Santacruz, Matunga, Parel and Ghatkopar.
The rains caused yet another accident on the Eastern Express Highway, where a truck skidded and overturned, however no one was injured. The highway has seen at least 136 instances of vehicles skidding, since rains began.
Office-goers were the worst hit on Thursday morning as bus and train services were affected due to the heavy downpour.
On Wednesday, the city’s civic hospitals admitted 89 patients with fever, 23 with gastroenteritis, 23 with suspected malaria, one with suspected dengue until 2000 hours IST.
The BMC’s health department on Tuesday had warned that there might be an increase in the number of monsoon-related ailments this year and advised people to take precautions.
With the monsoons arriving earlier this year and the Continuing Medical Education sessions being organised with general practitioners and private doctors, the BMC is expecting a rise in number of cases of malaria, dengue, gastroenteritis and leptospirosis being reported.
The state has started a number of gappi fish production centres in various health centres and civil hospitals. Gappi fish can reduce the density of mosquitoes by eating mosquito larvae.
Also, 16 centres including JJ, KEM and Sion hospitals have been provided with rapid diagnostic kits to confirm dengue and chikungunya.
(With agency inputs)
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