Mint Explainer | Why Delhi’s recurring air pollution crisis is a health concern

Dr. Bobby Bhalotra, senior consultant pulmonologist at Apollo Hospitals, Gurugram, said rising pollution had sharply increased OPD and emergency visits for respiratory distress, persistent coughing, watery eyes and bronchospasm-induced chest pain. “It is not just vulnerable groups, even individuals with no prior history of breathing ailments are suffering, while young children and patients with asthma or interstitial lung disease are bearing the brunt.”