Instead of decreasing, pollution in Delhi-NCR is increasing. Be it the smoke of stubble in Punjab or the slow wind speed in Delhi, both the things are not allowing the air pollution to reduce. According to the Meteorological Department, there will be no relief from pollution in the coming days. At present, the risk of many serious diseases is increasing due to pollution. The number of patients has increased rapidly not only in Delhi but in hospitals of Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gurugram.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Professor in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, says that since the increase in pollution in Delhi, the number of patients with respiratory diseases in hospitals is increasing rapidly. Many times more patients than usual are reaching the allergy clinic run in the hospital. Most of the cases are coming from asthmatic attacks. In patients who already have asthma, their asthma has suddenly increased and their severity is increasing, while there are some patients who are showing symptoms of asthma.
At the same time, in the OPD of Apollo, RML and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, not only the number of patients suffering from respiratory, asthma or lung diseases but also the number of patients suffering from heart attack or stroke related diseases has increased.
Vivek Chattopadhyay, an expert in the Pollution Control Unit of the Center for Science and Environment, says that after pollution, according to an estimate, the number of patients in hospitals has increased by 30 percent. All of them are patients with mixed diseases. It can be assumed that after the impact of pollution on the body, symptoms of other diseases are also emerging rapidly.
Things will be bad for some days
Vivek Chattopadhyay says that the wind in Delhi is blowing at a speed of 4 to 8 km per hour, whereas a speed of at least 10 km per hour is necessary to spread the pollutants and poisonous gases in the atmosphere from one place to a far away place. Because of this, pollution remains at one place and is increasing. At this time, it would be better if people who are suffering from respiratory, asthma, lung related or any other serious disease should go out of the air here if possible for a few days.
For how many days should one leave Delhi-NCR?
Vivek says that leaving Delhi-NCR is not within everyone’s reach, but those who can afford it, or those who are suffering from respiratory diseases, it would be better if they leave Delhi-NCR for at least 20 days. . Although it is not necessary that the pollution will be cleared by then, some relief may be available. On the other hand, if they cannot leave the city, then they should stay indoors for so many days and reduce outdoor activities completely. If you go out, wear an N-95 mask only.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 7, 2023, 8:50 PM IST
