Contaminated drinking water triggers diarrhoea outbreak in Indore, dozens hospitalised

People in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area fill water from a tanker. PIC/PTI

As many as 142 persons are currently hospitalised, including 11 in ICUs, amid a diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated drinking water in Indore, while 20 new patients were detected during screening of over 9000 people in the Bhagirathpura area, officials said on Sunday.

Health teams examined 9416 individuals from 2354 households during an ongoing survey in Bhagirathpura, where six persons have lost their lives due to contaminated water, and identified 20 fresh cases, said officials. According to officials, 398 patients had been admitted to hospitals so far following the outbreak. Of them, 256 patients have been discharged. The outbreak is under control now, they added.

Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Madhav Prasad Haasani said a team from the Kolkata-based National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections (NIRBI) has arrived in Indore to probe the health crisis. The administration has confirmed six deaths so far. Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava had put the death toll at 10, whereas locals claimed that 16 persons died.

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