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Diarrhoea Kills two, 60 others still in hospital
PUDUCHERRY: Two persons from Kombakkam who were hospitalised after contracting diarrhoea have died while two others were in serious condition.
Out of the 87 admitted since Friday, sixty persons were still undergoing treatment at the Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital and Post Graduate
Institute.
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The cause of the outbreak has been traced to water contamination. Health authorities said that the drinking water was contaminated with sewage through a crack in the pipeline. It has been rectified, they added.
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PWD officials, however, denied water contamination. S Manohar, chief engineer, PWD, said that out of 14 samples tested from public taps and from the houses of the affected people, most showed no contamination. However, the pathological report of the samples were being awaited to check whether there was any faecal contamination.
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PUDUCHERRY: Two persons from Kombakkam who were hospitalised after contracting diarrhoea have died while two others were in serious condition.
Out of the 87 admitted since Friday, sixty persons were still undergoing treatment at the Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital and Post Graduate
Institute.
...
The cause of the outbreak has been traced to water contamination. Health authorities said that the drinking water was contaminated with sewage through a crack in the pipeline. It has been rectified, they added.
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PWD officials, however, denied water contamination. S Manohar, chief engineer, PWD, said that out of 14 samples tested from public taps and from the houses of the affected people, most showed no contamination. However, the pathological report of the samples were being awaited to check whether there was any faecal contamination.
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