Odisha: Diarrhoea outbreak claims one, 127 taken ill in Hirakud town
It is suspected that consumption of contaminated water could have led to the diarrhoea outbreak.
Sambalpur: Panic gripped Hirakud township of Odisha’s Sambalpur district with nearly 130 persons falling sick since last three days and one of them succumbing today at VIMSAR Burla. All of them had complained of diarrhoea and vomitting. It is suspected that consumption of contaminated water could have led to the diarrhoea outbreak.
As per reports, as many as 127 persons in the slum areas of Hirakud were hospitalised since March 21 with some of them being shifted to VIMSAR Burla after their condition worsened. The patients hailed from Kalupada, Goupada, Gurudwarapada and Newmarketpada. While 36 patients were admitted to the hospital on March 21, 42 were admitted on March 22nd and 49 of them the following day.
Doctors at Hirakud hospital stated that all of them were severely dehydrated due to diarrhoea and vomitting as a result of which their pulse rate and BP were irregular. Of the patients, 11 of them had to be shifted to VIMSAR for treatment as their condition got worse. “All the patients were severely dehydrated due to which their BP and pulse rate were fluctuating, saidDr Anmol Minz.
Meanwhile, the relatives of the patients have alleged that the sickness was caused by polluted water. There is road construction work going on in the area due to which some pipes supplying drinking water have burst and been contaminated, they claimed.
Last October, a similar diarrhoea outbreak had gripped Muhammadpur area.
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