The Hindu 26.07.2012
Mayor says no cholera deaths in city this year
Responding to media reports on Wednesday on the number
of cholera deaths in Chennai, Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy clarified that
the data available with the civic body was wrong. “We checked with the
birth and death registry and found that the data entry operators had
made typographical error. Cardiac arrest was misspelt as Cholera by the
data entry operators,” said Mr. Duraisamy.“There have been no deaths due to Cholera in Chennai in 2012,” he added.
On
Saturday morning, Pullammal, a 60-year-old woman resident of Ossankulam
in Chetpet, who had been admitted three days ago for treatment of
diarrhoea, died following renal complications.
Meanwhile,
as many as 21 new cases of diarrhoea were reported in the city on
Wednesday. According to Chennai Corporation officials, no cases of
cholera were among those admitted to the Government Kilpauk Medical
College Hospital (KMCH) and the Communicable Diseases Hospital (CDH) in
Tondiarpet on Wednesday. While 20 persons were admitted to the CDH, one
was admitted to KMCH. The patients hailed from localities including
Perambur and Kodungaiyur.
69 undergo treatment
A total of 69 persons are undergoing treatment. As many as 21 patients were discharged on Wednesday.Mr.
Duraisamy termed false the allegation of former Mayor M. Subramanian
that the work on new Communicable Diseases Hospital was being delayed
because of the existing local government “We will take action against
the contractors who have colluded with the previous regime and wilfully
delayed the project,” said Mr.Duraisamy.