A 40-year-old woman from Zakhari village of Tapi district has become the latest casualty to leptospirosis in south Gujarat, taking the toll to four in the region in this monsoon season. Lata Gamit had been admitted in New Civil Hospital on July 21. One each patient from Surat and Navsari districts have been reported as infected by the disease in the past 24 hours. This has taken the number of leptospirosis patients to 28 in south Gujarat.
Sukha Rathod,42, from Mohini village of Choryasi taluka of Surat district has been admitted in New Civil Hospital's special ward for leptospirosis patients. His condition is stable. Raju Halpati, 30, of Tavdi village of Jalalpore taluka of Navsari district has been admitted in Navsari Civil Hospital for treatment of leptospirosis.
Of the 28 patients, eight are from Surat district, 14 from Tapi district and six from Navsari district. Two of the persons who lost their lives belonged to Tapi district where as the other victims were from Surat and Navsari districts.
Every year over 100 people lose their lives to the disease which is primarily caused by the rats mostly to sugarcane workers who work in waterlogged fields in bare feet.
Source: TOI
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