The spread of infections is rampant in my part of the land.
They are an epidemic of mosquito bites and incessant rains.
A month back , it was extremely hot , most unusual during late October and November.
During the mid-week of November there was a heavy downpour for ten days , almost nonstop.people were put to undue hardships.
They overcame this unprecedented situation, but were caught by the grip of hazardous health faction.
Every household had and still has a tale of indisposition.
If one of the household complained of high fever , with incorrigible sore throat, another made an issue of the delirium accompanied by body ache. The third made a hue about the rising body temperature with dizziness and joint pain, followed by the fourth which cried of a shooting nerve-wracking warmth with pain in the knuckles.
The hospitals got loaded with patents. The doctors pretended to treat the patient with a high antibiotic and pain killers ,as they were not aware of the disease. The symptoms were so confusing , that the physicians gave a symptomatic prescription..
Many got admitted in the hospitals. If the temperature rose above 103 degree , the doctors gave malaria drug to control the fever . Thus by giving some kind of treatment the ever was kept under control. But there was no incident of casuality. The suffering was unbearable.
The medical world could not cope up with the fast spreading infection.
The blame rests solely on the civic authorities , who show irresponsibility in keeping the environment clean. The drains and drainages are totally polluted and are a breeding place of mosquitoes.
The Municipal Corporation is idle. It remains totally undisturbed by the havoc. The tax it collects for the welfare of the city lies in its coffer. Does it lie safely in the Corporation treasury? or Has it been pocketed by the officials? God Only knows.
The Municipal Corporation which renders such meritorious service to its city Madurai , is laudable and the achievement in promoting ill-health needs a generous pat
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