Hospitals in Kerala’s Ernakulam face full capacity with spike in influenza, fever cases

With the rising number of infectious diseases such as influenza, viral fever, H1N1, and leptospirosis in Ernakulam district of Kerala, hospitals are struggling to cope with the increasing patient load (file image) With the rising number of infectious diseases such as influenza, viral fever, H1N1, and leptospirosis in Ernakulam district of Kerala, hospitals are struggling to cope with the increasing patient load. All major hospitals in Kochi city, including private and government hospitals, have been running at full capacity for the past several weeks and are reporting a surge in inpatient admissions for fever and influenza cases.Anoop Joseph, superintendent of the Government Medical College, Ernakulam, says that a spike in the number of patients being admitted for influenza and viral fever