Monday 2 September 2013

Health concerns hover IIT Bombay, 30 suspected dengue in two months

Health concerns are hovering on one of the best institutes in the world, IIT Bombay, reportedly Over 30 suspected cases of dengue were reported on the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) campus in Powai in the last two months.
Of these, 23 cases were recorded in July alone, a month when the rest of the city also saw an increase in the number of dengue cases.
One of the hostel students who contracted the disease claimed that their hostels were generally mosquito-free, but he might have contracted it due to the waterlogging on the campus, the student claimed that the maintenance personnel had been cleaning the campus frequently after the reported cases, especially the area where there were patients.

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