Dengue cases rise alarmingly in Tirupur

 

As on Friday, the CMCH had recorded about 11 cases and this after five patients were discharged. As on Thursday, there were about 16 cases of which only five were from Coimbatore, the rest were from Tirupur. Dengue seems to be rearing its ugly head even as the civic body has been taking all measures to curb breeding of mosquitoes.

 

While the Coimbatore corporation has commenced the fogging drive and commissioner Dr Vijayakarthikeyan has been inspecting areas where the drive is in process, the authorities at CMCH are unhappy about the measures that are being taken up by the health department in Tirupur as the number of dengue cases being admitted from the hosiery hub is spiraling.

 

Dean of CMCH Edwin Joe said that they are alarmed at the number of cases that are coming in from Tirupur. The patients undergoing treatment there for fever are being referred to CMCH. Most of the cases are from Kangeyam road junction and Venkatesh Nagar which are slum areas and not much is being done to contain the spread, it appears, he said.

 

“The health department in Tirupur has been intimated several times but the number of cases seems to steadily increase. Because of the increase in the number of cases from Tirupur, it has been eating into the medicines in store for the local people”, the dean added.

 

While sources in the Tirupur district administration maintain that efforts are being taken to prevent breeding of mosquitoes by way of awareness campaigns on the need to ensure hygiene and sanitation; and to ensure water does not stagnate in tanks, buckets, tyres, cups and other containers which may result in breeding of mosquitoes, there seems to be no respite for the spread of dengue.