With the onset of monsoon and flooding in Delhi-NCR, cases of typhoid, jaundice and dengue have increased, with not just adults but also children queueing up at hospital outpatient departments. According to Dr Gaurav Jain, senior consultant, internal medicine, at New Delhi-based Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, “There is an alarming increase in cases of typhoid and jaundice among people. “This …
Hyderabad: Severe lapses in sanitation with overflowing manholes and mixing of sewage and water pipelines are leading to contamination of water and food, leading to a spurt of typhoid cases in the city. The number of typhoid cases recorded so far this year has been very high, in comparison to last year, even as every hospital is seeing five new …