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Dhenkanal, May 7: At least 125 persons of Similia Driver Sahi under ward no-19 here were affected by diarrhoea after having dinner at a marriage feast Wednesday night.
The affected persons experienced vomiting and loose motion after having the dinner. While many of them were discharged after primary treatment at the district headquarters hospital, 70 of them are still undergoing treatment.
Due to unavailability of adequate number of beds, the hospital authorities provided beds to only 28 of them. Many of the patients are yet to recover, doctors said. The hospital remained crowded throughout the day due to visit of such large number of patients and their attendants.
The incident occurred after the residents had dinner in the marriage of Jagat Behera in the locality.
Some of those undergoing treatment are Dushmanta Behera, Jyotiranjan Behera, Shivaprasad Nath, Nabin Chandra Nath, Bhagaban Nath, Sudhanshu Sahu, Nityananda Behera, Lalit Mohan Sandha, Likul Mohanty, Biraja Behera, Manasweta Sahu, Satyabrata Mallick, Arata Mallick, Subrat Mallick, Binod Behera, Prabhat Behera and Pradip Behera.
Chief district medical officer (CDMO) Sangram Kishore Dash said 70 patients visited the hospital by 2 pm while 17 of them were admitted for treatment. The number of patients, however, shot up in evening after their condition failed to become stable despite medication.
“A medical team led by the additional district medical officer has been sent to the site to treat the affected people. The team will collect water and food samples consumed in the feast and sent them for medical examination. Further steps will be taken after medical examination report reaches us,” Dash added.
