Ahmedabad’s Sola Civil Hospital has recorded a total outpatient department load of 13,606 after Navratri, with the hospital reporting a rise in dengue, malaria, swine flu and seasonal viral illness cases amid changing weather conditions.
According to figures reported by Sandesh, more than 100 patients are visiting the hospital each day with fever, cough, cold and viral infections. The report links the increase to fluctuating weather conditions following the end of the Navratri festival, when hospitals have seen a heavier flow of patients.
The hospital’s paediatric outpatient department is also recording more than 100 patients daily, with children reportedly falling ill quickly amid the changing season. The cases include symptoms associated with viral infections, fever, cough and cold, although the supplied report does not provide a separate diagnostic break-up for the paediatric OPD.
Dr Kiran Goswami, assistant RMO at Sola Civil Hospital, said mosquito-borne diseases were also being reported in significant numbers. The hospital has recorded 92 dengue patients and six malaria patients, according to the figures cited in the report.
Three patients with swine flu are also admitted at the hospital, the report said. It did not specify whether the dengue and malaria figures represented admissions, active treatment cases or the cumulative number recorded over a defined period. The report also did not provide a comparison with the same period in the previous year.
The reported figures place additional pressure on a major public hospital serving Ahmedabad residents at a time when outpatient demand is increasing across multiple illness categories. The daily flow of patients with respiratory and viral symptoms, alongside mosquito-borne disease cases, means that the hospital is handling both seasonal infections and illnesses requiring disease-specific treatment.
Sola Civil Hospital authorities said arrangements had been made to ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment. The supplied report does not detail the number of beds, doctors, testing facilities or isolation arrangements available for the reported cases.
The increase follows the end of Navratri and comes during a period described in the report as one of mixed or changing weather. However, the report does not establish a direct causal link between the festival, weather conditions and individual infections. It records the hospital’s patient figures and the assessment attributed to its medical officer.
The immediate focus for the hospital is managing the reported outpatient crowd and continuing treatment for dengue, malaria, swine flu and viral infections. Further official figures would be required to establish the trend across Ahmedabad’s public and private healthcare facilities and to determine whether the reported cases represent a city-wide increase or a rise concentrated at Sola Civil Hospital.
