Pollution in Delhi: Hospital OPDs overflow with patients as capital’s air quality remains ‘severe’Hospitals in Delhi are teeming with people suffering from coughing, nasal congestion, shortness of breath and even asthma attacks as dazzling smog blankets the national capital. As air quality in Delhi remained ‘severe’, doctors advised returning to wear masks to protect themselves from pollution. While forecasters on Wednesday predicted air quality would improve due to stronger winds, Delhi’s overall air quality index (AQI) stood at 426 at 9:10 am. Last year, the hospital began writing “pollution-related” in diagnosis in what was likely a first for a medical facility here. “Patients with a respiratory history such as asthma have more frequent attacks and even in the hospital patients take more than usual to recover from asthma and COPD attacks.

Source: dna November 04, 2022 02:20 UTC