Indore water contamination: 20 new diarrhoea cases detected; over 9,000 screened
Indore (PTI): Twenty new patients were detected in Indore on Sunday after health teams screened over 9,000 persons amid a diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated drinking water in the country’s cleanest city, officials said.
Officials said health teams examined 9,416 individuals from 2,354 households during an ongoing survey in the city’s Bhagirathpura area, where six persons have lost their lives due to contaminated water, and identified 20 fresh cases.
According to officials, 398 patients have been admitted to hospitals so far following the outbreak in Bhagirathpura. Of them, 256 patients have been discharged after recovery.
They said that 142 patients are currently undergoing treatment in hospitals, including 11 admitted to intensive care units (ICUs).
Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Madhav Prasad Haasani said a team from the Kolkata-based National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections (NIRBI) has arrived in Indore to probe the health crisis.
He said experts from NIRBI, which is affiliated with the Indian Council of Medical Research, are providing technical support to the health department to contain the outbreak.
The administration has confirmed six deaths so far due to the consumption of contaminated water in Bhagirathpura. Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava had said on January 2 that he had information about 10 deaths linked to the outbreak.
However, local residents have claimed that 16 people, including a six-month-old child, have died due to the diarrhoea outbreak.
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Sringeri postal ballot recount: Votes tampered with, alleges D.K. Shivakumar
Hospet: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Sunday alleged large-scale tampering of postal ballots in the Sringeri constituency.
Speaking to the media near the Tungabhadra Dam, he said, “A large-scale crime has taken place in Sringeri. Tampering has been done using officials. More than 200 ballot papers have been tampered with.”
He further alleged that postal ballots were manipulated despite signatures being recorded during counting, calling it a “shame for the country.”
“They have tampered with the votes of our MLAs. Similar tampering has taken place in Jayanagar too. This is an insult to democracy. There should be a thorough investigation into this. The law will take its course. We will go to court,” he said.
