RAJOURI/JAMMU: The loss of life toll on account of a mysterious illness in a distant village of the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 14 with two extra members of a household together with a six-year-old woman succumbing to it, officers mentioned on Tuesday. The 14 fatalities together with 11 youngsters and three elders in three households within the final 30 days have triggered panic among the many residents of Badhaal village of Koteranka Sub-division. The federal government has deployed numerous well being groups to gather samples to determine and tackle the potential well being dangers, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned Safina Kousar breathed her final at a hospital in Jammu the place her three different siblings died over the previous two days and two others are nonetheless battling for his or her lives. The grandfather of the youngsters Mohd Rafiq additionally died in a hospital in Rajouri on Monday, the officers mentioned.
9 folks belonging to 2 households died within the village final month. Initially the deaths have been attributed to suspected meals poisoning. Nonetheless, the state of affairs turned grim when many of the villagers complained of comparable signs, prompting authorities intervention and the dashing of specialists from numerous prestigious well being establishments within the nation.
Final month, the principal of Authorities Medical School Hospital, Jammu, Dr Ashutosh Gupta, had mentioned preliminary investigations pointed to a viral an infection as the reason for the mysterious deaths. Nonetheless, he additionally mentioned extra research have been wanted to succeed in a definitive conclusion. Groups of specialists from Pune’s Nationwide Institute of Virology, PGI Chandigarh, AIIMS Delhi and the Nationwide Centre for Illness Management (NCDC), Delhi, have visited the village to help within the investigations.
Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Sharma is personally monitoring the state of affairs to make sure well timed intervention and mitigation, the officers mentioned, including aggressive contact tracing and sampling by the Well being Division groups are being carried out. The officers mentioned meals and water samples had already been collected to determine the standard and security of important provides within the area.
A devoted group of the Well being Division, led by Jammu Well being Director, Dr Rakesh Mangotra and Rajouri Chief Medical Officer Dr Manohar Rana is tenting at Kandi Kotranka to supervise the operations. The administration has additionally stationed a cellular medical unit and ambulance on standby to deal with any emergent medical wants.
The district administration stays dedicated to the protection and well-being of the residents and urges the general public to cooperate with well being officers in the course of the ongoing surveillance and interventions, an official mentioned. He mentioned for any health-related considerations, the general public is inspired to succeed in out to the district management room or the native well being authorities.
