Climate change is spreading diseases like, fever, cold, cough, allergy and other contagious diseases in the city and outskirts putting especially children and elderly men and women at risk. Doctors and environmentalists say that people are suffering from various diseases because of polluted water and poor hygiene. Most of the patients are seen suffering from fever, cold and typhoid. Doctors suggested drinking pure and clean water, keeping the surroundings clean and taking special precaution while eating food items.
Some welfare organisations are running special drive for creating awareness regarding hepatitis B and typhoid. As part of the drive they are setting up camps where vaccination facility is provided on concessional rates.
According to Dr. Qudratullah Khan right now people are mostly suffering from typhoid. The main causes behind the disease are polluted water and poor nutrition. Environmental pollution, stagnant water, proliferation of mosquitoes are the main causes behind the spread of vector borne diseases including typhoid.
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