Nuapada: After wreaking havoc in Kashipur and Mohana blocks in Rayagada district, diarrhoea has now spread its tentacles to parts of Nuapada and Gajapati districts. The water-borne disease has claimed one person each in Nuapada and Gajapati districts. A total of 38 people in Komna block of Nuapada district are also suffering from acute diarrhoea, out of which 11 are undergoing treatment at hospitals. Laldei Hans of Jatagad village under Komna block breathed her last Thursday at the district headquarters hospital (DHH). She had been suffering from acute diarrhoea since Wednesday.
In the second case of fatality, a 9- year-old girl Lipi of P Gobindpur village under Mohana block in Gajapati district died in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. She had also been vomiting continuously all through Wednesday, villagers said. They also informed that a number of others have been showing the same symptoms. A medical team has reached Komna block and have set up a temporary camp at Jatagad village. The team is attending to people suffering from diarrhoea. Residents of the entire Komna block have also been asked to drink boiled water. They have also been asked not to use contaminated water from open sources.
