Studied noise pollution and its non-auditory health impacts around a sensitive site
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All sites have higher Leq than the permissible limit, during day and night hours
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Highest SPL was recorded in ambulance vans (87-104 dB), which carries the patient
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74% respondents reported irritation, whereas 40.4% suffered noise induced headache
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There is need to reduce noise through awareness, hospital engineering & acoustic measures