Hospitals in Dhaka nowadays have to cope with pressure of an increasing number of patients with respiratory diseases mainly caused by the unhealthy air of the city, say chest disease specialists and air experts.

Air index shows Dhaka air remains a little better in May-September, but it is of a moderate category still. The rest of the time, it remains very unhealthy to dangerous.

During this period, the hospitals receive an increased number of patients with a high death rate.

Major hospitals in Dhaka — National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital, 250-bed TB Hospital, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Mitford Hospital – mostly handle an overwhelming pressure of such patients, say physicians.

Ahsan Habib, a resident of Badda in Dhaka, caught an uninterrupted high fever last month, with a body temperature of 103-104 Fahrenheit (F) and chest pain, which lasted for a week. He was taken to private hospital in Uttar Badda.

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The air pollution level in Dhaka is more than eight times the WHO limit and reduces life expectancy by nearly 7 years in Bangladesh, says another study of the University of Chicago.

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