LUDHIANA: With instances of diarrhoea pouring in from 3 localities of Bahadur K Road, the district health department and the municipal corporation officials have began sparring over contaminated water supply.
One suspected diarrhoea dying was once reported from Bharti Colony. The 20-year-old had died on June 17 night time. On Tuesday, the health department suspected that he died of diarrhoea. The department did not declare any outbreak, however detected round 20 diarrhoea instances from Bharti Colony, New Aman Nagar and Geeta Colony.
Victim Gagan Kumar, 20, was once suffering from the ailment for the past one week. On June 17 night time, his condition deteriorated and the family rushed him to civil sanatorium, however he died on the way. The medical doctors at civil sanatorium claimed that his family took the frame without getting its autopsy examination accomplished, so they could now not to find the precise reason behind dying.
Meanwhile, the health department and the MC officials have began blaming every different. Health officials blamed the water supply within the area, but the civic officials denied any fault within the strains and requested the previous to accomplish their duty neatly. The health officials requested the civic officials to behavior a thorough test of supply strains and instantly repair faults if any.
As a precautionary measure, the civic officials have began supplying water via tankers.
District epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Kumar mentioned no recent case has been reported. He mentioned they have been distributing drugs and ORS sachets and the placement was once below control. “We have also accumulated water samples from the world because the citizens had been alleging that they have been receiving contaminated water supply for the past fortnight,” he added.
MC superintending engineer of the operation and upkeep mobile Ravinder Garg mentioned the world sub-divisional officer (SDO) had visited the localities and he reported that the placement was once below control.
SDO Sukhdeep Singh mentioned, “I have checked all the area. There is no drawback in water supply. Still, we've began supplying drinking water via tankers. We did not receive any contamination proceedings from citizens previously 15 days.”
A door-to-door survey is happening in these areas to learning the precise number of patients suffering from water-borne sicknesses. The health department teams have been tenting in these localities since Monday.
A resident of Bharti Colony, Shri Kant, mentioned for the past few days they'd been receiving contaminated water supply due to which people have been falling ill. He mentioned many people have been complaining of vomiting and disillusioned stomach.
Ashrafi Lal of New Aman Nagar mentioned, “In each area, one person is suffering from diarrhoea. Health and MC teams came simplest when the number of patients greater. Had the government acted earlier and checked the water supply, we might have been stored from these problems.”
57 instances in 2 days
As many as 37 diarrhoea instances have been detected on Monday and 20 on Tuesday in Bharti Colony, New Aman Nagar and Geeta Colony. “All 57 patients showed gentle to average diarrhea signs,” mentioned district epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Kumar.
One suspected diarrhoea dying was once reported from Bharti Colony. The 20-year-old had died on June 17 night time. On Tuesday, the health department suspected that he died of diarrhoea. The department did not declare any outbreak, however detected round 20 diarrhoea instances from Bharti Colony, New Aman Nagar and Geeta Colony.
Victim Gagan Kumar, 20, was once suffering from the ailment for the past one week. On June 17 night time, his condition deteriorated and the family rushed him to civil sanatorium, however he died on the way. The medical doctors at civil sanatorium claimed that his family took the frame without getting its autopsy examination accomplished, so they could now not to find the precise reason behind dying.
Meanwhile, the health department and the MC officials have began blaming every different. Health officials blamed the water supply within the area, but the civic officials denied any fault within the strains and requested the previous to accomplish their duty neatly. The health officials requested the civic officials to behavior a thorough test of supply strains and instantly repair faults if any.
As a precautionary measure, the civic officials have began supplying water via tankers.
District epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Kumar mentioned no recent case has been reported. He mentioned they have been distributing drugs and ORS sachets and the placement was once below control. “We have also accumulated water samples from the world because the citizens had been alleging that they have been receiving contaminated water supply for the past fortnight,” he added.
MC superintending engineer of the operation and upkeep mobile Ravinder Garg mentioned the world sub-divisional officer (SDO) had visited the localities and he reported that the placement was once below control.
SDO Sukhdeep Singh mentioned, “I have checked all the area. There is no drawback in water supply. Still, we've began supplying drinking water via tankers. We did not receive any contamination proceedings from citizens previously 15 days.”
A door-to-door survey is happening in these areas to learning the precise number of patients suffering from water-borne sicknesses. The health department teams have been tenting in these localities since Monday.
A resident of Bharti Colony, Shri Kant, mentioned for the past few days they'd been receiving contaminated water supply due to which people have been falling ill. He mentioned many people have been complaining of vomiting and disillusioned stomach.
Ashrafi Lal of New Aman Nagar mentioned, “In each area, one person is suffering from diarrhoea. Health and MC teams came simplest when the number of patients greater. Had the government acted earlier and checked the water supply, we might have been stored from these problems.”
57 instances in 2 days
As many as 37 diarrhoea instances have been detected on Monday and 20 on Tuesday in Bharti Colony, New Aman Nagar and Geeta Colony. “All 57 patients showed gentle to average diarrhea signs,” mentioned district epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Kumar.
MC, health department spar as diarrhoea cases rise
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