Vadodara:As many as 148 fresh cases of food poisoning were reported in Dahod on Tuesday from various villages while a woman admitted to Dahod civil hospital died of food poisoning.A team of officials from Baroda Medical College was also rushed to Jhalod taluka in the wake of the grave situation there and returned with samples for analysis at the college to identify the reason for the large-scale c

Chandigarh With the dry and hot weather spell gripping the region, cases of gastric problems, typhoid and other related illnesses are pouring in at city hospitals and civil dispensaries. Doctors say more than 10 to 15 such cases are being reported daily at OPDs and most patients are from peripheral areas where the quality of drinking water is under scanner.

Collector P Muthuveeran said that water from two schemes, Odaipatti Combined Drinking Water scheme and Kombai, Thevaram, and Pannaipuram Combined Drinking Water Scheme had got contaminated. Uthamapalayam and Chinnamanoor were affected }

THE death of Pavithra, a 10year-old girl, who was under treatment for diarrhoea at the Uthamapalayam Government Hospital, on Wednesday has caused panic among Theni residents.

A number of people with symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting from Uthamapalayam, Cumbum and Bodi are being treated in government and private hospitals.

THREE persons from Athupatti village in Vedasandur block of Dindigul died of diarrhoea on Wednesday.

Irked by this villagers resorted to a picketing agitation, charging the authorities that the deceased could have been saved if there was proper road facilities to the village.

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COME summer and diarrhoea, chicken pox, measles and skin allergies take the fun out of the holidays that children look forward to all year. City doctors have reported a surge in the number of such diseases this season.

Rajahmundry, April 13: The East Godavari medical and health department attends to cases in rural areas through its network of primary health centres (PHCs) and rural dispensaries, but seems to be lacking in day-to-day reports of cases for treatment of diarrhoea in private hospitals and nursing homes.

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