Amid spurt in dengue cases, Delhi government today issued notice to commissioners of all three civic bodies directing them to mandatorily apprise it on a daily basis about the steps being taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
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The High Court also sought responses from the NDMC and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on the steps being taken for the prevention of dengue.
“The present BJP government at the Centre, the Delhi government and the (Delhi) Municipal Corporation have failed to fight dengue”, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters in Srinagar.
The petitioner in the case had questioned why the two boys who died were turned away by private hospitals despite beds for economically weaker sections lying vacant. “The act of the hospital authorities clearly falls under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of Indian Penal Code”, the petition said.
“Delhi Government has kept only 4.8 percent of the total health budget for dengue and malaria”.
Shocking and still uncontrollable, dengue surges ahead as the death toll reaches 14 in Delhi.
“The government will not tolerate any laxity in carrying out house-to-house visits”, Satyendra Jain, Delhi’s health minister, said on September 14.
“We have approached private medical practitioners in Delhi who can treatment patients free of cost”. Dengue. The break bone fever starts to peak after the monsoons end and the mosquito is usually active in October leading to the severe illness.
Avinash too was allegedly denied admission by five hospitals – Moolchand Hospital, Aakash Hospital, Saket City Hospital, Max Hospital (Saket) and Irene Hospital (Kalkaji). Aman’s parents then called up Max and Batra hospitals, and were given the same excuse – there weren’t enough beds.
Four year old Tanya had fever and stomach ache on Monday and was taken to a government hospital.
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State-run hospitals have canceled vacations for doctors and ordered them back to work.
