Nizamabad: The Government General Hospital (GGH) in Nizamabad has surpassed Osmania and Gandhi hospitals in Hyderabad in registration of outpatients, indicating the severity of the viral fever outbreak here.
People from Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Nirmal, Jagtial and neighbouring Maharashtra have thronged to the GGH here for treatment.
The-750-bed hospital clocked the highest 2,680 patients on August 28. Later it stayed either at first or second place in Telangana state. Almost every household in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts witnessed fever patients. Viral fevers, dengue, chikungunya, typhoid cases were reported from across the district.
People from all age groups suffer from viral fevers. Patients suffer minimum five days to one week or even more with body pain, cough, cold and high temperature. Private hospitals are also not left behind. They also do a brisk business with fever cases.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, GGH deputy superintendent Prof. Dr N. Balraj said they have made special arrangements to treat fever cases. Infrastructure is available to serve patients, he said, adding dengue cases were also reported.
T. Prabhakar, a native of Mudhole in Nirmal district, said they preferred the Nizamabad GGH to other hospitals. “We are unable to afford services in Hyderabad due to long distance,” he said. Compared with Adilabad, Nanded district headquarters, Nizamabad is nearest for us, he said, adding people have trust on medical services in GGH Nizamabad.
Lack of sanitation in villages and towns worsens the situation in rainy season. Breeding of mosquitoes is high and results in dengue cases.
The health department conducts medical camps and door-to-door fever surveys, but the number of cases this time round has alarmingly increased.
