Indore Lab Report Reveals... 'Poison' Mixed in Taps from Police Outpost Toilet; 1400 Affected, 32 in ICU
Indore Lab Report Reveals: The reputation of Indore, the country's cleanest city, has been deeply tarnished by 'poisonous' water. A recent lab test has confirmed that contaminated drinking water was the cause of the devastation in Bhagirathpura. At least four patients have died and more than 1400 people have been affected by the diarrhea outbreak in Indore.
The test results proved that a deadly drinking water supply system exists in parts of the economic capital of Madhya Pradesh, which has been considered India's cleanest city for the past eight years.
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Indore's Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr. Madhav Prasad Hasani told a news agency that a lab report prepared by a medical college in the city confirmed that drinking water was contaminated due to a leak in a pipeline in the Bhagirathpura area, from where the outbreak was reported. He did not share the detailed results of the test report.
'Poison' Mixed in Taps from Police Outpost Toilet
A leak was found in the main drinking water supply pipeline near a police outpost in Bhagirathpura, at a location where a toilet is situated. He claimed that this leak contaminated the water supply in the area.
Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Dubey told the news agency, "We are thoroughly inspecting the entire drinking water supply pipeline in Bhagirathpura to ascertain if there are any other leaks."
Indore Lab Report Reveals
He said that after the inspection, clean water was supplied through the pipelines to the houses in Bhagirathpura on Thursday, although people have been advised to boil the water before drinking it as a precaution. Now, an SOP will be created for the entire state of Madhya Pradesh.
Taking a lesson from the water tragedy in Bhagirathpura, a senior officer said that a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will be issued for the entire state to prevent such incidents in the future.
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A health department official said that during a survey of 1714 houses in Bhagirathpura on Thursday, 8571 people were examined. Of these, 338 people showed mild symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, and they were given primary treatment at their homes.
He said that in the eight days since the outbreak of the illness, 272 patients have been admitted to local hospitals, of whom 71 have been discharged so far. The official said that currently, 201 patients are admitted to hospitals, of whom 32 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Summary
A medical college investigation revealed the shocking truth that sewage water had mixed with the pipeline from which the city residents were drinking water.
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