JAUNDICE
CLAIMS ONE LIFE IN BALANGIR
Saturday, 09 May 2015 | SUDHIR MISHRA |
BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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Jaundice has claimed one life in Balangir.
Rakesh Nayak (22) of Sudpada of the Balangir Municipality died of the
water-borne disease at the VSS Medical College, Burla on Thursday evening.
Nayak had been admitted to District Headquarters Hospital here on April 25
before he was referred to the Bulra hospital two days later, said Balangir CDMO
Dr RN Tripathy.
Incidentally, after a door-to-door survey by health
officials, four more cases of people affected by jaundice have been detected,
and the total number of people affected by the disease in Balangir has gone up
to 43 from 39. “The incubation period of virus which causes jaundice is two
months. We have to remain alert for a minimum next two months. Moreover, we
have directed the nearby PHC to remain alert and carry out a survey with field
workerss to detect jaundice cases there,” said the CDMO.
According to sources, if the water supplied
for drinking is treated with bleaching powder twice, the effect of the virus is
neutralised. Drinking water to Balangir town is supplied from the Mahanadi in
Subarnapur district. From the lifting point at Nandanmal, raw water is pumped,
and at Sibtala, the raw water is treated before it is pumped to Keserkela and
Madhiapali and reaches Balangir. Meanwhile, the kits to test jaundice have
arrived and are available at the District Headquarters Hospital, said the CDMO
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