Residents who have left Faizullahganj or those still residing amid waterlogging and awaiting for the water to recede, face the risk of water-borne diseases, with contaminated water, stagnant pools and sludge creating conditions conducive to infections, health officials said.
The health department has intensified surveillance and preparedness to detect and manage a possible rise in cases. Officials are particularly alert to diarrhoea, hepatitis A, cholera and typhoid, which can spread through contaminated water and food. Health teams are also monitoring fever, skin infections, respiratory illnesses, leptospirosis and snakebite cases. It can cause diseases like Hepatitis A, Cholera and Typhoid and other waterborne diseases. The hospital has adequate stocks of medicines and other essential drugs, he added.
Dr VK Sharma, chief medical superintendent of Ram Sagar Mishra Hospital, said the facility has reserved 10 beds to handle a possible increase in patients following the flooding. Bhau Rao Devras Hospital has also reserved 10 beds for patients developing illnesses associated with floodwater, its chief medical superintendent Ranjit Dixit said.
Consultant physician, Dr Kuldeep Verma of Civil Hospital says that flood water carries dirt, microorganisms and insecticides.
