JAUNDICE TOLL NOW 4 IN BALANGIR;
ENGINEER AXED
Sunday,
17 May 2015 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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The
jaundice death toll in Balangir town has risen to four with the death of a
youth on Friday.
Puran
Rajput, a native of Gandhinagarpada of the town, was suffering from jaundice
since two weeks ago. His family members had admitted him to a private hospital
in Raipur in neighbouring Chhattisgarh where he died.
Balangir
Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Rabi Narayan Tripathy told media, “I have
heard about the death. Rajput’s family members are saying he has died due to
jaundice. But it would not be right to jump to any conclusion at this stage.
Let us wait for the postmortem report, which would reveal whether the death was
due to jaundice or some other disease.”
It
may be mentioned that the Government had on Friday suspended Balangir Public
Health Department (PHD) Executive Engineer Bhagyadhar Sahu for negligence in
performing his duty to control the spread of the waterborne disease in the
district.
The
Government had said that preliminary investigation had revealed the presence of
jaundice virus in the drinking water supplied by the PHD.
“As
per the standard operating procedure, the department should check all sources
of drinking water before it is supplied. Since the Government has felt that the
department had not taken any steps, it had ordered the suspension of the
Executive Engineer,” the PHD Chief Engineer had said.
Meanwhile
officially, the total number of persons affected due to jaundice in Balangir
has gone up to 95 from 93.
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