The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently carried out a study to seek common health ailments Mumbaikars face and as per the findings, psychiatric ailments, diabetes, hypertension and dog bites are the common reasons for Mumbaikars to seek help at city’s civic-run hospitals.
This is the first time that the BMC has studied disease patterns of the patients who visit BMC-led 175 dispensaries, 15 peripheral hospitals and four tertiary care hospitals. The survey was carried out on the basis of data collected between October 2015 and September 2017.
Tertiary Hospitals- KEM Hospital, Parel, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion, BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central and Dr RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Vile Parle
Data collected- 5.59 lakh patients
Common diagnosis- Psychiatric ailments, diabetes, hypertension and dog bites
Peripheral hospitals
Data collected- 5.26 lakh patients
Common diagnosis- Fever, diabetes, hypertension, dog bites and psychiatric problems
Dispensaries
Data collected- 62.74 lakh patients
Common diagnosis- Acute respiratory illness, fever, diarrhoea, diabetes and hypertension