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Seven cases of cholera reported in Hoshiarpur
District epidemiologist Sailesh Kumar, while confirming the cholera cases, said at least two dozen more suspected patients were being tested in the civil hospital laboratory.
As many as seven cholera cases were confirmed in Hoshiarpur till Sunday afternoon, reportedly after consumption of contaminated water by the patients.
District epidemiologist Sailesh Kumar, while confirming the cholera cases, said at least two dozen more suspected patients were being tested in the civil hospital laboratory. He said three patients have been referred to other hospitals, while many were discharged after treatment.
Deputy commissioner Isha Kalia and civil surgeon Renu Sood had on Saturday evening visited the emergency ward to take stock of the situation.
In two days, around sixty diarrhoea cases have been reported in the civil hospital, while several patients were availing treatment from private hospitals.
Contamination detected
The health department and municipal corporation (MC) had detected mixing of drinking water with sewerage in Kamalpur colony. The leakage was plugged soon after residents of the area and adjoining Tulsi Nagar, Subhash Nagar, Bassi Khwaju and bus stand started flocking the hospital.
However, water samples from the affected areas are yet to be collected.
Mayor Shiv Sood has blamed it on the negligence of few local residents who, he said, did not take care of the fact that water pipeline was in proximity of the sewerage pipe.
Awareness camps held
Awareness camps were held in Kamalpur area on Sunday where chlorine tablets and ORS packets were distributed among residents. District health officer Sewa Singh appealed the people to consume boiled water as probability of contracting water-borne diseases was high during monsoon.
Meanwhile, the civil surgeon has cancelled the leaves of staff of the departments dealing with vector-borne diseases. She said medical teams will conduct surveys in the slum areas of the city.
