<table style="float: left; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://static.gujaratsamachar.com/content_image/content_image_e82ed4e5-dec9-4a72-a3da-82d3b09a029d.jpeg" data-filename="Waterborne diseases.png" style="width: 100%;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="display: flex;justify-content: center;scale: 0.8;">Waterborne diseases<br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><p style="text-align: left;">Amid the scorching heat waves, the health department is battling on multiple fronts in Ahmedabad as the city stands witness to a rise in the number of waterborne and vector borne diseases.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In the past 18 days, 1,078 cases of diarrhoea and vomiting and 300 cases of typhoid have been registered.</p><p style="text-align: left;">A total of 24 cases of cholera were reported in the city’s Ramol, Hathijan, Danilimda, Lambha, Bhaipura, Indrapuri, Vastral, Jamalpur, Khokhra, Sarkhej, Vatva, and Amraiwadi wards this month.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In addition, 107 cases of jaundice are also reported. The rising cases of cholera have become a cause for concern for the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC)’s health department.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 18px;">AMC vigilance</span></b></h2><p style="text-align: left;">86 water samples supplied by the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have been declared unfit for consumption.</p><p style="text-align: left;">To check the chlorine content in the water supplied by the AMC, a total of 10,189 water samples from across the city were taken for residual chlorine testing in May, out of which 446 samples received a nil chlorine report.</p><p style="text-align: left;">A total of 2,956 water samples were taken for bacteriological testing, out of which 86 water samples have been declared unfit for consumption.</p><p style="text-align: left;">There were also 44 cases of mosquito-borne dengue and 26 cases of malaria in the city. Eight cases of seasonal flu were reported in seven zones of the city.</p><p style="text-align: left;">A total of 514 cases of seasonal flu have been reported from January to May.</p>

Amid the scorching heat waves, the health department is battling on multiple fronts in Ahmedabad as the city stands witness to a rise in the number of waterborne and vector borne diseases.

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