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Waterborne diseases spreading like epidemic after massive rain fall in Western India – Mumbai water supply completely polluted – more than 300 die
Situation in Mumbai is tough. Slums are almost non-existent and the basic water supply is totally polluted. The infrastructure that was not repaired, maintained and enhanced for decades finally has given up.
According to media sources, health officials in western India on Tuesday reported another 31 deaths from an outbreak of waterborne diseases that followed flooding in the region, bringing the total death toll from disease to 210.
More than 6,000 patients complaining of fever, nausea and breathlessness remain in hospitals across western Maharashtra state and the death toll is expected to rise, said R.R. Katti, a state health official.
The 31 deaths reported Tuesday occurred between Sunday and Monday morning.
Most of the deaths were attributed to leptospirosis, a bacterial infection. But malaria and typhoid also claimed lives, Katti said. The symptoms of leptospirosis include high fever, body aches and vomiting.
So far, 210 people have died since the floods caused by a week of torrential rains subsided in the first week of August. More than 1,000 people died in the flooding and landslides caused by the rain.
Bombay's sprawling slums were worst-hit by the floods, and doctors and paramedics have fanned out through the ramshackle neighborhoods to treat more than 170,000 people in their homes over the past two weeks, according to Manu Shrivastava, a senior city official.
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