RAJOURI, June 28: One elderly women died & at least 19 people from Sakri were brought to the Government Medical College Hospital, Rajouri, over the past 72 hours &have been hospitalised due to gastroenteritis in Rajouri district but several others have been treated for this illness by a mobile medical team in Sakri village of the district.
The health department, the officials said, has attributed the outbreak to water contamination after E.coli was found in water samples from the area.
All patients complained of diarrhoea and other gastroenteritis symptoms, with a few also experiencing partial unconsciousness due to dehydration.
Among them, two patients have been referred to the GMC Hospital in Jammu for specialized treatment.
The presence of E.coli was confirmed in the samples, marking it as another case of waterborne contamination similar to the Kotli Bagla incident two weeks ago in which 30 people had fallen ill.
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