Children in northern India fall sick under cold wave conditions

Record ID: 1705197

  • Title: Children in northern India fall sick under cold wave conditions
  • Date: 4th January 2023
  • Summary: BHATINDA, PUNJAB, INDIA (JANUARY 04, 2023) (ANI- No use India) PEOPLE WAITING AT HOSPITAL TO GET THEIR CHILDREN EXAMINED WOMAN CARRYING CHILD ON HER LAP PEOPLE WAITING AT HOSPITAL TO GET THEIR CHILDREN EXAMINED DOCTOR EXAMINING CHILD CHILD SEATED ON WOMAN'S LAP OUTSIDE DOCTOR'S CHAMBER DOCTOR EXAMINING CHILD WITH STETHOSCOPE VARIOUS OF CHILDREN SEATED ON WOMEN'S LAPS OUTSIDE DOCTOR'S CHAMBER PEOPLE WAITING AT HOSPITAL TO GET THEIR CHILDREN EXAMINED (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) CHILD SPECIALIST, GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL, BHATINDA, DR. RAVIKANT GUPTA, SAYING: "The cold has increased in the past few days, which is making people sick. Children, especially those within the age bracket of 1-5 years are getting impacted by the cold weather. Several types of viral infections are popping up with symptoms like cold, cough, and fever. We are also seeing cases of viral diarrhea." NEW DELHI, INDIA (JANUARY 04, 2023) (ANI- No use India) VARIOUS OF HOMELESS CHILDREN LIVING UNDER FLYOVER WEARING SITTING ON GROUND WOMAN DOING DISHES WHILE OTHER HOMELESS PEOPLE DRINK BEVERAGES IN BACKGROUND BOY EATING BISCUIT DIPPED IN HOT BEVERAGE VARIOUS OF MAN DISTRIBUTING BLANKETS TO HOMELESS PEOPLE VARIOUS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE KEEPING THEMSELVES WARM BY SITTING NEAR FIRE BOY CARRYING CHILD WRAPPED IN BLANKET, IN HIS ARMS HOMELESS PEOPLE KEEPING THEMSELVES WARM BY SITTING NEAR FIRE
  • Embargoed: 18th January 2023 12:51
  • Keywords: India children cold wave doctor homeless hospital sick viral fever weather women
  • Location: BHATINDA, PUNJAB/NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • City: BHATINDA, PUNJAB/NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Environment,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA001HRUMF67
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Worried parents in India's northern Bhatinda city queued up outside the doctor's chamber on Wednesday (January 04) to get their children examined as the city has been reeling under intese cold wave, making many, especially children, fall sick.
    Common symptoms of viral fever among children included cold, cough, and fever, said a Bhatinda-based child specialist.
    "Children, especially those within the age bracket of 1-5 years are getting impacted by the cold weather," he added.
    Meanwhile, New Delhi residents had to brave the cold wave as the mercury dipped to a minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius for the day.
    Those compelled to live on the streets of the city without a roof over their heads, rushed to grab blankets that were being distributed on the roadside to seek relief from the agonising weather, which they otherwise endure by gathering around fires.
    South Asia's winters are not as cold as other regions such as North America, but the millions of poor here are hit harder because they live in the open and do not have enough warm clothes and some even die.
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