US EditionDelhi Air Pollution: Hospitals Report 200K Respiratory Cases
More than 30,000 hospitalizations occurred from acute respiratory illnesses linked to pollution factors including crop burning, industrial emissions, and vehicle exhaust, government data shows.
- In a parliamentary reply on Dec 4, India's federal government reported more than 200,000 respiratory illness cases and over 30,000 hospitalisations at six state-run hospitals in New Delhi from 2022 to 2024, junior health minister Prataprao Jadhav said.
- Officials say pollution stems from a mix of industrial emissions, vehicular traffic, falling temperatures, low wind speeds and seasonal crop stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana, worsening especially in winters.
- Across 2022–2024, the six major hospitals recorded 67,054 cases in 2022, 69,293 in 2023 and 68,411 in 2024, and junior health minister Prataprao Jadhav said it's "associated with increase in number of patients attending emergency rooms."
- The government cautioned that the study design cannot confirm causation, while the Delhi high court is set to hear a petition on Wednesday amid India's top court's prior air-quality concerns.
- For weeks, Delhi's Air Quality Index has been more than 20 times the World Health Organization limit, with PM2.5 sometimes reaching 60 times UN daily health limits in a 30 million metropolis.
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The intense air pollution in the Indian capital of New Delhi caused more than 200,000 cases of serious respiratory diseases between 2022 and 2024, reports a senior official of the Indian Ministry of Health.
Delhi has seen more than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory disease in the past three years, fuelled by rising air pollution, authorities said.
The Indian megacities of 30 million inhabitants are constantly bathed in a thick toxic fog generated by factories and car traffic.
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AlKhaleej TodayDelhi hospitals record over 200,000 respiratory illness cases as toxic air hits health
NEW DEHLI, Dec 4 — New Delhi recorded more than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses at six state-run hospitals between 2022 and 2024, government numbers showed, highlighting the adverse effects of toxic air on health.Delhi, with its sprawling metropolitan region of 30 million residents, is regularly ranked among the world’s most polluted capitals.India’s health ministry told parliament on Tuesday that air pollution was one of the trigge…
New Delhi records over 200,000 respiratory illness cases due to toxic air
NEW DELHI: New Delhi recorded more than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses at six state-run hospitals between 2022 and 2024, government numbers showed, highlighting the adverse effects of toxic air on health. Delhi, with its sprawling metropolitan region of 30 million residents, is regularly ranked among the world’s most polluted capitals. India’s health ministry
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