During intense summer heat, there are high chances of food getting spoiled and water getting contaminated. (Source: Freepik) With maximum temperature in Pune crossing the 42 degrees Celsius mark, doctors are seeing increasing cases of gastrointestinal infections, fever and even typhoid. While most of these cases are treatable at OPDs, some cases of typhoid required hospitalisation. During intense summer heat, there are high chances of food getting spoiled and water getting contaminated. Hot weather helps bacteria and parasites grow faster especially when food is left outside or water hygiene is poor. Dr Piyush Chaudhari, infectious diseases specialist at Jehangir hospital, said they have been getting cases of gastrointestinal infections and typhoid. “Some cases even required hospitalisation,” he said. While cases of heat exhaustion are treated at OPDs, the temperature has been fluctuating in Pune with summer breeze in the evening and night hours.…