CB BureauThe suburban Kurla in Mumbai is a
hub of almost all deadly diseases, as it has been reporting highest number of
malaria, diarrhoea, dengue and HIV cases in the last two
years.
Praja Foundation, a Mumbai-based
voluntary organization, on August 10 released a white paper on Mumbai’s health
issues after a right to information (RTI) application was filed to find out the
number of cases registered in the city’s civic dispensaries.
The report focuses on diseases like diarrhoea, hypertension, malaria, tuberculosis, diabetes, typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue, cholera and HIV from April 2008 to March 2010, in all the 24 wards
across Mumbai. From 2008 to 2010, L ward (Kurla) reported the highest cases
of sensitive diseases followed by F south (Parel), G south (Prabhadevi-Worli),
K east (Andheri) and E ward (Kalbhadevi-Byculla-Mumbai Central).
‘These same five wards seem to be consistent in reporting
the highest number of cases of sensitive diseases over a two-year period. The
discovery happened through a ward-wise study on diseases detected in the city’s
civic dispensaries,’ Praja Foundation Founder Trustee Nitai Mehta told the media.