Even after 40 years of Bhopal gas tragedy, diseases are increasing among the affected people, doctor revealed this

Bhopal Gas Tragedy News: An organization working with survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s worst industrial disaster, claimed on Monday (December 2) that the rate of disease among gas-affected people is much higher than among unaffected people. Officials of ‘Sambhavana Trust’ clinic said that this conclusion is based on the analysis of data of 16305 gas affected and 8106 unaffected patients.

Officials said that these patients received care at their center for the last 16 years. He said, the figures underline the need for continued medical research and health services for gas victims. On the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, highly poisonous gas methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide factory, killing 5,479 people and affecting more than five lakh people.

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Dr Usha Arya of the Trust said rates of diseases that disproportionately affect populations exposed to the gas, such as respiratory diseases and mental health disorders, have remained high over the past 16 years. Respiratory diseases in the group exposed to the gas were 1.7 to 2 times higher than in the unaffected population.

Rates of depression were also found to be higher in the group exposed to the gas, he said. Conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure, which were not previously linked to exposure to the gas. Growing continuously and significantly over the last 16 years. Diabetes was found to be five times more common in patients exposed to the gas than in patients who were not exposed to the gas. High blood pressure was found more than three times.

kidney related diseases also more
Gynecologist Dr Sonali Mittal said hormonal conditions such as premature menopause were 2.6 times higher compared to women who were not exposed to the gas. Dr. B. Kidney-related diseases, likely caused by the initial injury caused by exposure to MIC (methyl isocyanate), were seven times more common in the exposed group, Raghuram said.

He said, serious diseases like myocardial infarction and ischemic heart disease were found to be 4.5 times more common in people exposed to the gas. Dr. P.K. about nervous system related diseases. “Hemiplegia and neuralgia” were found to be almost four times more common in people exposed to the gas, Avaskathi said. Neuropathy, which is probably influenced by factors like diabetes, Awasthi said. Seven times more cases were found among the people who came in contact.

We also found that hypothyroidism, a metabolic disorder, has been increasing in both populations over the past seven years, but it is 1.7 times higher in those exposed to the gas. Satinath Sarangi, founder trustee and advisor of Sambhavna Trust, said the data shows that even forty years after the horrific incident, a regular pattern of high morbidity persists among gas victims. He said these figures highlight the continued critical need for specialized health care for the survivors of Bhopal.