As one-year-old Rayesh Gupta, hooked to a ventilator, fights measles at Kasturba Gandhi Hospital's ICU ward, his father Rajendra, sitting outside, rues his family's decision to trust home remedies to treat him initially.0 With Mumbai witnessing an outbreak of measles, experts have pointed out that the drastic spread of the virus and the deteriorating condition among children have a lot to do with the belief in many families that home remedies are enough to treat them. Rayesh's family had fanned him with neem leaves after red rashes emerged on his body the first time. A Satwik diet and constant cleaning of the house, however, did not subdue his symptoms. It was only when Rayesh stopped communicating that his family took him to the hospital. Read | Measles cases on rise, BMC tells parents to immediately immunise children Rayesh's family is not alone in this. According to health experts, the emphasis of some parents on home remedies and vaccine hesitancy have compounded the measles problem that Mumbai is facing. Subscriber Only Stories View All Babil Khan: 'Baba would have been happy watching Qala… and would've… Investment lessons in crash of high-profile IPOs as Sensex surges Ex-ISI boss, 'mullah general' Asim Munir… Read full this story
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