The district administration must be alert within the wake of the outbreak of suspected diarrhoea circumstances in Guntur metropolis, stated Minister for Health, Medical and Family Welfare, Vidadala Rajani, throughout a evaluate assembly in Guntur collectorate on February 11 (Sunday). 

She held the evaluate assembly over the dying of 1 particular person. She inquired in regards to the well being situation of the opposite sufferers admitted to the Government General Hospital with signs of diarrhoea on Saturday.

Expert committee

Stating that the federal government was but to ascertain the explanations for the outbreak, she stated that they’d constituted a five-member knowledgeable committee to establish the trigger. 

She stated {that a} management room has been arrange by the Health Department, which will be reached at 8341396104. The involved officers have been directed to run the management room around the clock.

The Minister stated that the federal government has been offering various, protected consuming water to the affected areas within the metropolis and directed the officers to create consciousness among the many residents on to solely devour purified consuming water.

Door-to-door survey

The authorities additionally began a door-to-door survey within the affected areas to establish circumstances with related well being points and comprise the issue.

Ms Rajani stated that they’d collected water samples from all of the suspected areas and despatched them for testing. She stated that the sufferers admitted had been from completely different areas, and therefore, the officers had been making an attempt to ascertain the scientific causes for the outbreak of the suspected diarrhoea circumstances. 

She stated that on Sunday, no new sufferers had been admitted with the signs within the Guntur Government General Hospital as much as midday, indicating that the state of affairs was below management.