Doctors at the hospital say that the rise in the number of patients suffering from different communicable diseases is caused by monsoon and the rising temperature.
"The beds at our hospital are mostly occupied. Every day over 20 diarrheal patients visit the hospital," Dr Rajesh Shah of the hospital said. He said that the diarrheal patients tend to visit hospitals only when they become serious. In normal stage, they consume medicines and oral rehydration at home. [break]
According to Dr Shah, poor people are more vulnerable to communicable disease. "Most of the patients admitted in our hospital are from the poor background, who cannot afford hygienic food and water," he added. Such people usually do not have access to proper sanitation and are more likely to eat at cheap hotels that serve unhygienic foods.
With the rise in diarrheal patients, the hospital has been operating separate gastro ward. Diarrheal disease and the viral fever result from adulterated food and water.
Likewise, cases of snake bites have been soaring in recent days. On Monday alone, 23 snake bite patients have been admitted at the hospital. "On an average, over 15 snake bite victims visit the hospital every day," Shankar Pandey, a senior auxiliary health worker at the hospital, said. Pandey said that mostly people who work in the fields become victims of snake bites.
He asked the people to be conscious about the snakes while working in the fields. He also asked people not to be careless about what they are consuming.
Meanwhile, administration of the Kanti Children Hospital said that children suffering from viral fever and diarrhea have been thronging the hospital.
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