Gurugram: Malaria is back to haunt Mewat with over 1,000 cases registered so far. Though no casualty has been reported in the district till date, the daily increase in the number of patients has put the Health Department on its toes. Nuh and Punhana blocks are among the blocks hit the most but Ujina village tops the chart with at least one member from each family suffering from the disease.

Gurugram: Malaria is back to haunt Mewat with over 1,000 cases registered so far. Though no casualty has been reported in the district till date, the daily increase in the number of patients has put the Health Department on its toes. Nuh and Punhana blocks are among the blocks hit the most but Ujina village tops the chart with at least one member from each family suffering from the disease.

“ We had over 4,000 cases last year . We have alerted all community health centres and local panchayats have been asked to report every case of fever in villages. We are treating patients at stage one itself to ensure that no casuality is there this season,” said medical officer Atul Chowdhary.

Mani Ram Sharma, DC, said: “We started anti-malaria initiatives some six months ago. We are going from village to village, dissuading people from visiting quacks. The patients are being made to undergo diagnostic tests. The casualties occurred last year as people did not approach doctors but wasted time in home remedies or were mislead by quacks.”