04:59New Delhi witnessed a spike of patients with respiratory problems in local hospitals amid the increasing level of air pollution across the country after the Dewali festival.
Footage captured on Friday shows attendees with children sitting at the office of the consultant pediatric specialist Dr Ashok Chakravarthy while he is examining patients with the use of a nebuliser and thermometer as well as writing diagnoses and prescriptions.
He claimed that the problems with the respiratory system have become 'much more common' for the last 10–12 years amid the 'vast rampant industrialisation,' vehicular traffic,' 'loss of the green cover' and 'changing climate.' The doctor also stressed that children are more 'vulnerable' to the pollution's impact.
"So, they feel suffocated when the environmental pollution level goes up beyond say 200-300, of late the AQI level, went up to 400 plus in certain parts of the city. So a small baby who is not used to that sort of pollution feels very uncomfortable, suffocated, he is not able to breathe properly," he added.
Dr Chakravarthy also said that the incidence of cough among children has increased amid the pollution, adding that 'none of the medicines' are working except the nebulisation.
"There is really no way you have to live in this city, so you have to breathe, you have to take the breathing that's a part of your basic survival, so the only thing which we can tell to the parents is very small children or children who are vulnerable, not to take the babies out unnecessarily, that's the first thing," he said in conclusion.
According to local media reports, the level of air pollution increased following the Diwali festival celebrated from October 29 to November three. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was reportedly 381 in New Delhi on Monday.
According to local reports, the city's PM 2.5 concentration reached 202 micrograms per cubic metre. The World Health Organisation's updated guidelines set the safe exposure level at 5 micrograms per cubic metre.
'There is no way to live in this city' - New Delhi witnesses spike of patients in hospitals amid high pollution level
New Delhi witnessed a spike of patients with respiratory problems in local hospitals amid the increasing level of air pollution across the country after the Dewali festival.
Footage captured on Friday shows attendees with children sitting at the office of the consultant pediatric specialist Dr Ashok Chakravarthy while he is examining patients with the use of a nebuliser and thermometer as well as writing diagnoses and prescriptions.
He claimed that the problems with the respiratory system have become 'much more common' for the last 10–12 years amid the 'vast rampant industrialisation,' vehicular traffic,' 'loss of the green cover' and 'changing climate.' The doctor also stressed that children are more 'vulnerable' to the pollution's impact.
"So, they feel suffocated when the environmental pollution level goes up beyond say 200-300, of late the AQI level, went up to 400 plus in certain parts of the city. So a small baby who is not used to that sort of pollution feels very uncomfortable, suffocated, he is not able to breathe properly," he added.
Dr Chakravarthy also said that the incidence of cough among children has increased amid the pollution, adding that 'none of the medicines' are working except the nebulisation.
"There is really no way you have to live in this city, so you have to breathe, you have to take the breathing that's a part of your basic survival, so the only thing which we can tell to the parents is very small children or children who are vulnerable, not to take the babies out unnecessarily, that's the first thing," he said in conclusion.
According to local media reports, the level of air pollution increased following the Diwali festival celebrated from October 29 to November three. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was reportedly 381 in New Delhi on Monday.
According to local reports, the city's PM 2.5 concentration reached 202 micrograms per cubic metre. The World Health Organisation's updated guidelines set the safe exposure level at 5 micrograms per cubic metre.
New Delhi witnessed a spike of patients with respiratory problems in local hospitals amid the increasing level of air pollution across the country after the Dewali festival.
Footage captured on Friday shows attendees with children sitting at the office of the consultant pediatric specialist Dr Ashok Chakravarthy while he is examining patients with the use of a nebuliser and thermometer as well as writing diagnoses and prescriptions.
He claimed that the problems with the respiratory system have become 'much more common' for the last 10–12 years amid the 'vast rampant industrialisation,' vehicular traffic,' 'loss of the green cover' and 'changing climate.' The doctor also stressed that children are more 'vulnerable' to the pollution's impact.
"So, they feel suffocated when the environmental pollution level goes up beyond say 200-300, of late the AQI level, went up to 400 plus in certain parts of the city. So a small baby who is not used to that sort of pollution feels very uncomfortable, suffocated, he is not able to breathe properly," he added.
Dr Chakravarthy also said that the incidence of cough among children has increased amid the pollution, adding that 'none of the medicines' are working except the nebulisation.
"There is really no way you have to live in this city, so you have to breathe, you have to take the breathing that's a part of your basic survival, so the only thing which we can tell to the parents is very small children or children who are vulnerable, not to take the babies out unnecessarily, that's the first thing," he said in conclusion.
According to local media reports, the level of air pollution increased following the Diwali festival celebrated from October 29 to November three. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was reportedly 381 in New Delhi on Monday.
According to local reports, the city's PM 2.5 concentration reached 202 micrograms per cubic metre. The World Health Organisation's updated guidelines set the safe exposure level at 5 micrograms per cubic metre.