897 deaths from mosquito, water-borne diseases in AMC hospitals since 2015
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Ahmedabad: For the first time, detailed figures on deaths caused by water-borne and mosquito-borne diseases in city have come to light through a Right to Information (RTI) application.
The data reveals that over the past decade, 897 patients lost their lives to such illnesses in five hospitals managed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Among these, 302 deaths occurred during treatment for dengue — the highest number recorded for any single disease in this category over the ten-year period. These figures mark the first comprehensive disclosure of mortality linked to these diseases in AMC-run hospitals.
The executive president of the City Congress Committee's minority department, advocate Atik Saiyed, stated, "From 2015 to 2025 (up to May 22, 2025), we requested statistical data on how many citizens received treatment and how many died during treatment for diarrhoea, typhoid, jaundice, cholera, malaria, and dengue in AMC-run Shardaben Hospital, Infectious Disease Hospital, LG Hospital, VS Hospital, and SVP Hospital.
The information provided by these hospitals showed a total of 71,886 diarrhoea cases, with 182 deaths. There were 14,918 typhoid cases, resulting in 23 deaths. There were 18,292 cases of jaundice, with 253 deaths. Cholera accounted for 2,202 cases, with eight deaths. Malaria had 13,851 cases, with 129 deaths. Dengue recorded 22,010 cases, with 302 deaths. In total, 897 patients died during treatment in these five hospitals over the last ten years."
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He further stated, "Ensuring access to clean water and food for citizens is the responsibility of AMC, but the system failed. Despite an annual budget of Rs 14,000 crore, citizens are succumbing to diseases like cholera, jaundice, dengue, and diarrhoea. Tax-paying citizens are not receiving clean water and food. Broken roads and polluted air are also realities in the city. We demand that the Ahmedabad municipal commissioner and mayor provide compensation to citizens who died from water- and mosquito-borne diseases due to AMC's negligence.
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Notably, an example is necessary to understand how AMC's health department conceals epidemic data, he added. Information provided in the RTI revealed that SVP Hospital reported 10 deaths from jaundice and nine from diarrhoea between Jan and May 2025. However, the health department's statistics released on July 5, 2025, for the period from Jan to July 2025, did not report any deaths from diarrhoea or jaundice.
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