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Similarly, we want a system should be put in place for chickenpox too.”Disawal added that some doctors have even tried to report chickenpox cases and called the NMC’s health department but without success. Unofficially, there are dozens of confirmed cases in city within the last one month itself.Even though it is mandatory for every hospital and OPD clinic to report all communicable disease cases to Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) health department, the latter’s record column continues to be blank. Nagpur: Officially, not even a single person among the approximately 30 lakh living in Nagpur has been diagnosed with chickenpox since April last year. If we start meeting even every two months, it will help us coordinate in a much better way.” Now, there is a proper system in place for swine flu reporting, and all doctors update it regularly..