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Delhi pollution: As air pollution in the national capital continues to climb to hazardous levels, hospitals across Delhi are reporting an unprecedented rise in respiratory illnesses. Doctors say nearly 90% of patients visiting respiratory OPDs are being diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or early symptoms linked to it. What experts describe as a rapidly escalating public health emergency has left both government and private hospitals overwhelmed with patients experiencing severe breathing difficulties, persistent coughing, wheezing, and chest congestion.

Delhi’s air quality has remained in the ‘severe’ category for consecutive days, with PM2.5 concentrations touching nearly 25 times the permissible limits set by the WHO. Even as the Del

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