Seasonal diseases on the rise

The epidemic diseases which broke out in the beginning of the month continue to threaten people particularly in remote villages and interior tribal hamlets across the district. All the hospitals including the private nursing homes are brimming with patients and their attendants.

However, Primary Health Centres and the district headquarters hospital are poorly equipped to provide required medical facilities and health care to the patients who suffer from viral fevers, typhoid, malaria, infective hepatitis, gastroenteritis and dengue and other seasonal diseases. Hepatitis is rising due to the consumption of contaminated food and water mostly in villages.

Tragically a majority of dengue cases being reported are proving to be mortal.

A ten-year-old boy Yedla Sreekanth of Lachapet in Machareddy mandal died of high fever while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Karimanagar last evening. He was shifted to the hospital after suffering for a week at home, according to reports reaching here.

Many people were silently experiencing the brunt of diseases in tribal hamlets due to lack of awareness and poor medical facilities.

They are largely depending on private medical practitioners and quacks in the villages.

At Errolla tanda in Lingampet mandal at least one person in almost all the households are said to be suffering from epidemics.

The poor denizens have no other option than looking forward to the Government doctors for assistance.

However, the PHCs and Area Hospitals hit by insufficient beds, doctors and paramedics to visit the tribal hamlets to render services. The 108 and other mobile medical services are also not responding on time.

Shortage of medicines

On the other hand, even if the patients are admitted to hospitals they are not treated well due to dearth of medicines.

“All hospitals are flooded with patients with epidemics and they are still unabated. It seems the diseases would worry the people till Dassera festival”, said Dr. N. Ramchander, a leading paediatrician and vice-president the Indian Academy Paediatrics.