AMC bite: 205 hospitals fined for mosquito menace in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: In the time of Covid, cases of chikungunya are on the rise in the city. In the first 22 days of September, chikungunya cases registered a 39% jump as compared to the whole of September 2019.Bhavin Solanki, the medical health officer of the AMC, said that in the first 22 days of September this year, 107 chikungunya cases were reported against 77 in the 30 days of September 2019.However, dengue cases have recorded a considerable decline. In September 2019, 1,966 cases of dengue were reported. This year, only 220 have been registered in the first 22 days of September. Against an average of 65 cases per day in 2019, this year the average is 10 per day. To control the breeding of mosquitos in the city, the health department has been inspecting hospitals. On Tuesday, the department issued notices to 205 hospitals over mosquito breeding sites on their premises. Fines to the tune of Rs 1.13 lakh were collected from these 205 hospitals. Officials said that Satyamev Hospital in Chandkheda was fined Rs 30,000; Kapadia Hospital (Sabarmati) was fined Rs 10,000; and Delux Hospital (Indrapuri) was fined Rs 8,000.Hospitals that were fined Rs 5,000 included Retina Foundation (Shahibaug), Bharati Vallabh (Shahpur), Dr Bharat Mehta (Maninagar), Shaishav (Indrapuri), EPIC (Gota), Shalby (Jodhpur), Sanjivani (Bodakdev), Suvidha (Thakkarnagar), and Vipul Children (Naroda).