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Mumbai water totally polluted – people in hundreds dying because of lack of medicines – politicians hiding
It is time for Mumbai politicians to come forward and take charge. More than two hundred people have died because of polluted water. Medicines are supposed to be in the inventory but in actuality people are dying because of lack of it.
Hospitals in Mumbai were on Sunday battling with acute shortage of medicines as the death toll due to waterborne diseases crossed 150 following last month's heavy rains and floods.
According to media reports, the Government agencies claim antibiotics and other important medicines are in abundant supply, hospital authorities and relatives of patients maintain shortage of drugs was hampering the battle against diseases like leptospirosis, dengue, malaria and gastric diseases.
Most of the deaths were reported over the past week from the densely populated city suburbs that were worst affected by the unprecedented floods.
Official sources said the actual death toll could be higher as most casualties in private hospitals have not been reported to the civic agencies.
"Drug consignments have been severely damaged due to the recent flooding in warehouses," said Chandi Batliwala, joint secretary of the Maharashtra Red Cross Society.
"This has resulted in acute shortage of drugs in the city and suburban areas of Mumbai."
The Indian Red Cross Society said it has received a contribution of 400,000 tablets of doxycycline, a preventive medicine for leptospirosis, from Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
"We will coordinate with our non-government organisation partners and hospitals to ensure proper allocation of the drug," said Batliwala.
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