Fever has become the second most common disease, after child-birth - TopicsExpress



          

Fever has become the second most common disease, after child-birth related admissions, for which people claimed medical insurance in India. The number of Indians getting admitted to hospitals with complains of fever increased by 89% in 2013 compared to 2012, says an in-house study of insurance policies by an insurance company. Overall the number of insurance claimants has increased, especially in the working age group, with claims related to fever, gastroenteritis and respiratory tract infections nearly doubling compared to 2012.Insurance experts said that attribute the sharp rise to air pollution, environmental changes, extreme weather fluctuations ,dietary influence and lack of right nutrition...... It was an interesting statistics that was learnt from Hindustan Times (Dt.21.04.14) . This could also facilitates to know how environment change could shift our focus from one type to another type of diseases .
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 02:09:57 +0000

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