Gleneagles Global Health City Launches 24/7 Fever Clinic to Tackle Monsoon Menace
- Launches dedicated emergency number 044 46242424 to address fever related queries
Chennai,
Aug 6th 2019: Gleneagles Global Health City, the
largest facility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals launches 24 hours functioning
fever clinic in Chennai to help people combat the outburst of monsoon
fevers like Malaria, Dengue, Typhoid, Cholera, Hepatitis (A virus) and many
more. The Clinic will function round the clock and is fully equipped to treat any
emergency. Fever Clinic will have a dedicated fever OPD and Inpatients wards
for Infectious patients. Labs are equipped with rapid diagnostic tests and can
perform the most sophisticated diagnostics.
Monsoon in Chennai has been the season
of infectious diseases and are spreading rapidly as most places in the city
have been breading places for mosquitoes. Flu, on the other hand, has been
highly contagious and affects all age groups, especially young children, old
age and patients with co-morbid conditions such as diabetes, asthma and
kidney-related diseases. Fever is no longer a common disease, it is an
indication that there is an infection in the body that needs to be investigated.
Certain fevers like dengue and malaria can even cause lung injury and turn out
to be fatal.
Speaking about the Fever Clinic Dr Subramanian Swaminathan, Senior
Consultant – Infectious Diseases, Gleneagles Global Health City Said, “We
have been observing a trend that many patients coming in with fever are not
diagnosed on time, which leads to several complications and particularly during
monsoon period fever cases are raising steadily year on year. Early diagnosis
is the key to avoid complications due to fever hence it’s imperative to educate
patients on preventive measures”.
This fever
clinic which is getting launched will promote health awareness and prevent
disease propagation by healthy practices and share information regarding the
latest updates on various diseases with our community doctors and staff to
understand the needs of the patients and their warning signs”, added Dr Ashwin Karuppan, Consultant – Internal
Medicine & Diabetology, Gleneagles Global Health City
Gleneagles
Global Health City with its Fever Clinic is ‘Monsoon Ready’ with a
multi-disciplinary team who will be available 24/7 to do through investigations
that will reveal the cause of the fever. Patients can also get in touch with
the fever clinic on emergency number 044 46242424 anytime to clarify for
fever-related queries. Specialists will help patients to build a diseases free
society by offering health awareness talks and special fever camps in the City.
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