Despite the number of cases of malaria and gastroenteritis having gone down when compared to last year, the inflow of patients suffering from typhoid this monsoon is a cause for worry for doctors. According to the BMC, the city has already witnessed 40 cases of typhoid in civic-run hospitals till yesterday. Last year, for the whole month of June the number of typhoid cases was 55.

Rain fever: With more patients coming in this monsoon with cases of dengue, leptospirosis and typhoid due to the bad weather civic-run hospitals have started evening out patient departments. Parel’s KEM has also started attending to patients from 3 pm to midnight each day. File pic