Bad air sends more to hosp with breathing trouble

With rising pollution, the number of people needing hospitalisation for respiratory illness during winter has been going up in Kolkata. In the latest report published by the Lung Care Foundation (LCF), an association of leading doctors across the country, it has been revealed that the number of patients hospitalized for respiratory ailments went up from 22% in 2016 to 33% in 2017.

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