By Neha Rathi New Delhi:People go to hospitals to get cured of deadly diseases and ailments. But what if the hospitals become the breeding grounds for diseases like malaria and dengue? According to a report published by MCD's health department figures, various police stations and hospitals in the city have recorded over 10 per cent breeding levels, putting them in a high breeding category. Hauz Khas, Prasad Nagar, Lodhi Road, Sriniwaspuri are the police stations, while GTB, SDN and Escorts are the hospitals that have recorded high breeding. Some of the places that have recorded such high levels are Model Town III (17.8 per cent), Shadipur Depot (27.7 per cent), Gulab Vihar Apt, Rohini (17.7 per cent), Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Deputy Ganj (13.6 per cent), New Kondali (23 per cent), Saini Enclave (17 per cent), Sinduran Kalan Quarters (14 per cent). Now with monsoons having hit the country, the danger of seasonal diseases like dengue, chikungunya, diarrhea and malaria are again looming large. It thus becomes important for the citizens to know more about such diseases and take preventive measures. "Quite like malaria, dengue is also spread by mosquito bites. Malaria is caused by the female Anopheles mosquito. The Aedes mosquito causes the dengue fever. When a virus containing Aedes mosquito bites a healthy human being, the virus is injected into his body, thereby infecting the person," informs Dr Vijay Malhotra, a Delhi-based private practitioner. The frequency of the disease increases manifold during the rainy season and for three months afterwards. According to the MCD, although any level of breeding is dangerous, it becomes critical once it crosses 10 per cent, and can lead to an outbreak, that can be difficult to contain. Who can forget the dengue epidemic that gripped the city a few years back, causing hundreds of deaths? The government has been carrying out measures to drive out the mosquito and to spread awareness among people. "The most important factor contributing to the breeding of mosquitoes is stagnant water, thus people should keep their coolers, and water tanks tightly covered and when possible drain out the unused water," says an MCD official. Similar to dengue is the chikungunya fever and diarrhea, which is a water-borne disease.