Jajpur:
Around 120 jawans of the Police Training Institute at Bairi under Badachana
block in Jajpur district have suffered from jaundice after taking polluted
water.
Fearing
the spread of the water borne disease around, 50 ailing jawans have left the
Institute and gone on leave.
While
the joint director, Health, has visited the Institute to take stock of the
situation, a team of doctors from Badachana hospital has been pressed into
service for treatment of the ailing patients.
Prior
to this, 260 candidates selected as drivers of the Odisha Police had also
undergone training at the Institute of which around 200 tested positive.
While
it was alleged that the spread of jaundice was due to the contaminated water
from a bore well centre which is near a latrine, the test of water has found no
trace of contamination, reports said.
In
the meanwhile, the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) staff on
Sunday disinfected all tube wells in Solora, Bairi, Badachana,
Radhadeipur, Darpani, Paria and Manduka where the outbreak of jaundice has been
reported.
Source:
www.odishabook.com
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