Nagpur: The Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH), popularly known as Mayo, in Nagpur, has emerged as a hotspot for mosquito breeding. And as a result, the dreaded dengue has gripped six patients, said a media report.
The Mayo Hospital failed to take necessary measures to prevent mosquito breeding on its sprawling campus despite five notices issued by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in the last year. Following a surprise check, the NMC Malaria and Filaria Department found filth, garbage, contaminated water, discarded plastic items, and choked drainage lines, which have turned into mosquito breeding ground on the campus. As a result, the NMC has served a sixth notice to the hospital administration warning of punitive action if corrective measures are not taken to ensure sanitation on the campus.
The NMC Malaria and Filaria Department officials have revealed that six dengue patients were reported from IGGMCH and were undergoing treatment for some other reason but contracted dengue. The officials have warned that not only the patients but also their relatives, doctors, medical students, and employees are at risk of contracting vector-borne diseases due to the presence of mosquito breeding hotspots such as wards, girls’ and boys’ hostels, canteen, and construction sites on the campus.
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The officials have further stated that water drums kept in every toilet in the wards were hosting a large number of dengue mosquito larvae. Despite assurances from the hospital administration to keep the campus free of mosquito breeding, the officials have pointed out that contaminated and sewage water was choked at several places, and nothing has changed in one year. Recent rains and weather have favoured mosquito breeding, and the mosquito density is increasing everywhere, they added.
Civic officials have stressed that it is the duty of administrative officers and sanitary inspectors at the medical college to ensure compliance with norms, and the college also has some responsibility. In its last order issued in March, the NMC had found all hostel coolers, tanks in wards, drums in toilets, terrace, and open drains infested with mosquito larvae, which was described as a horrible state of affairs. A re-inspection will be done and top officials must inspect the premises and take corrective measures, the civic officials said.
