West Bengal: Diarrhoea outbreak in Kamarhati area, 78 hospitalised

Out of the 78 hospitalised at the College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, the condition of six patients was stated to be “very critical”, hospital authorities said.

Patients mostly from Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Kamarhati Municipality have been diagnosed with symptoms of diarrhoea and hospitalised.

“There were at least nine persons who were brought to the hospital on Monday night. And today we are having a huge flow of patients with similar symptoms. We suspect that the infection is due to the water they have consumed,” an official of the College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital said.

When contacted, Kamarhati Municipality coordinator Gopal Saha said that people have been asked to boil water before drinking.

“The disease seems to be water-borne. We have arranged water tanks for supplying water in the area. Water samples have been sent for examination and we have started miking to raise the awareness level of the residents here,” Saha said.