Diarrhoea rears its ugly head

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsAs many as 13 girls have been affected by diarrhoea at a girls high school hostel at Dutipara in Kandhamal district. The incidence of diarrhoea was first reported in the hostel run by ST and SC Development Department about 10 days ago and more inmates were affected gradually.While the 13 girls were admitted to the district headquarters hospital three days back, some more underwent treatment for the infection prior to that at nearby health centres. While most of these girl students have since been discharged, some other patients were provided treatment at nearby health centres, he said.The infection broke out in the last week of July in the 300-seat hostel apparently due to lack of safe drinking water, said District Welfare Officer Paramananda Prusty.The residential ashram school has one bore-well which meets the water requirement of all the inmates. Besides, arrangement of pipe water supply to the school has been made by the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation.Prusty said as the bore-well had become defunct two weeks back, students had to depend upon the contaminated pipe water. As a result, many of them were affected by diarrhoea.Collector B S Punia, Chief District Medical Officer N C Behera and other officials have visited the affected hostel and took stock of the situation. The situation is now under control and there is no need to panic, Prusty said.The defunct bore-well too has been made functional.40 affected in AskaAska: The number of diarrhoea patients here in the last few days has reached 40. Most of them have been admitted to Dharakote and Sheragada primary health centres (PHCs).On Wednesday, while in Karatali village 10 persons were diagnosed with diarrhoea, 12 have been affected in Bandhaguda. Two were affected by the infection in Bhusunda village and are undergoing treatment at Sheragada PHC.A medical team was been sent to both Karatali and Bandhaguda villages on Thursday. Sources said the administration has directed officials concerned to repair the defunct water facilities on a war-footing. Medicines and bleaching powder have been distributed in all the three villages.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST 
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