THE Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has gained control over the exceeding Malaria cases from past few days. There was not a single case of Malaria registered on Thursday, informed Shubhada Gudekar, Chairperson of Public Health Committee. She said that as soon as a hospital receives a case of Malaria or any other monsoon related disease, they inform the BMC who in turn, take immediate steps like fogging (spraying pesticide) the place suspected to be infected with mosquitoes. The BMC has been taking measures but people need to take precautions in their area. "We can take care of drains and gutters. But, the water gets stagnated in odd articles such as tyres, tins, scrap materials and drums lying around due to which the mosquitoes causing these diseases breed. You cannot expect us to clean these things up," says Gudekar. The BMC has appealed to the people to take the precautionary measures to keep the water from getting stagnant and in turn to keep away from the monsoon related diseases. Cases of monsoon related diseases were registered in past few days. Seven cases of malaria were registered in Nair hospital, six in KEM hospital and three in other peripheral hospitals. No case of dengue or leptospirosis was registered. But few registered cases arouse a suspicion that patients are being denied admissions. "No patient is denied admission in any hospital. It is unto the people to avail them. In such a big population of Mumbai, we cannot keep a check on each and every person," says Gudekar. When asked about the death of an elderly man as a result of Dengue, Gudekar said that he died due to old age and weakness and not because of Dengue. Gudekar also denied that the city was not been kept clean by the BMC. BMC has procured drugs worth Rs 1.5 crore and investigation kits worth Rs 50 lakh to tackle monsoon related diseases. Along with this, all the hospitals have been given the permission to buy stock worth 20,000 Rs for emergency. THE Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has gained control over the exceeding Malaria cases from past few days. There was not a single case of Malaria regis- tered on Thursday, informed Shubhada Gudekar, Chairper- son of Public Health Commit- tee. She said that as soon as a hospital receives a case of Malaria or any other monsoon related disease, they inform the BMC who in turn, take immediate steps like fogging (spraying pesticide) the place suspected to be infected with mosquitoes. The BMC has been taking measures but people need to take precautions in their area. "We can take care of drains and gutters. But, the water gets stagnated in odd articles such as tyres, tins, scrap materials and drums lying around due to which the mosquitoes caus- ing these diseases breed. You cannot expect us to clean these things up," says Gudekar. The BMC has appealed to the people to take the precau- tionary measures to keep the water from getting stagnant and in turn to keep away from the monsoon related diseases. Cases of monsoon related diseases were registered in past few days. Seven cases of malaria were registered in Nair hospital, six in KEM hospital and three in other peripheral hospitals. No case of dengue or leptospirosis was registered. But few registered cases arouse a suspicion that patients are being denied admissions. "No patient is denied admission in any hos- pital. It is unto the people to avail them. In such a big popu- lation of Mumbai, we cannot keep a check on each and every person," says Gudekar. When asked about the death of an elderly man as a result of Dengue, Gudekar said that he died due to old age and weak- ness and not because of Dengue. Gudekar also denied that the city was not been kept clean by the BMC. BMC has procured drugs worth Rs 1.5 crore and investigation kits worth Rs 50 lakh to tackle monsoon related diseases. Along with this, all the hospi- tals have been given the per- mission to buy stock worth 20,000 Rs for emergency.