Bihar - Mysterious disease claims seven in Munger - ingestion of poisonous plants suspected

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Munger, Dec 28 : A mysterious disease claimed seven lives, including those of four girls, at Bageshwari village under Haveli Kharagpur police station area in the district today.

Official sources said some families suffered from a mysterious disease at Bageshwari village this morning and started complaining of uneasiness. Convulsion like symptom was also seen among patients.
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Navbharat Times -

Munger, six of the mysterious disease killed
28 Dec 2011, 2129 hrs IST,

The deceased Risi Sau (10), fragrance Miss (12), Sunil Kumar (18), Ram Sharan Sau (70), Rita Kumari (18) and Kmli Devi (65) were killed. A four-member team of experts and practitioners by the district administration has rushed to the spot. The team will identify the disease in the village.

Investigation team arrived by helicopter from Patna, Munger and people questioned by the investigation. First appearance, this event is associated with food Poyjning. The investigation team of Patna Medical College Hospital, Shankar light micro-biologist, Jay. The. L. Das, Vijay Prakash, N.. P. Narayan and Vijay Kumar.

The chief minister told reporters, "the village chief and villagers revealed that the foam was coming out of the mouths of the dead. Investigation team arrived at the scene to take precautionary measures in relation to disease is the Instruction. "

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Kashi PrasadKashi Prasad, TNN | Dec 29, 2011, 07.48AM IST

MUNGER: A mysterious disease claimed seven lives, including that of four minor children, in Bageshwari village under the Haveli Kharagpur police station of the district, about 48 km from here, on Tuesday.

CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday rushed principal secretary (health) Amarjit Sinha and a team of four specialist doctors to the village to take stock of the situation. He also spoke to some villagers who told him that the victims died within an hour after foam came out of their mouth. Among the dead were four persons of one family and three of a neighbouring family. Villagers told the media on Wednesday morning that all the deaths took place between 6 and 8pm on Tuesday evening. Munger DM Kuldeep Narayan said a team of doctors airdashed to the village and made inquiries from the families of the victims.

The team included microbiologist Dr Shankar Prakash of PMCH, Dr JKL Das, Dr Vijay Prakash, Dr N P Narayan and Dr Vijay Kumar. The families of the victims said that the persons who died developed fever and started bleeding all of a sudden and died within an hour after emitting foam from their mouth. Local doctors,who treated the patients, could not ascertain the nature of the disease.They said it was a viral infection.

The villagers have become panicky after the incident. The CM has asked the principal secretary to ensure better treatment of three patients suffering from similar symptoms. He asked the DM, the SP and the civil surgeon to camp at the village. After discussing the matter with the Munger civil surgeon, Mukesh Kumar, the doctors' team left the village for Patna later in the evening. The medical officer in charge, primary health centre (PHC) said seven other persons who had developed similar symptoms have been sent to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur, for treatment.

The administration has taken steps to check the spread of the disease. It has provided bleaching powder and medicines. The victims include Kamleshwari Devi (78), Sunil Kumar (15), Priti Kumari (10), Rishi Kumar (6), Ramsharan Sah (70) and Suman Kumari (16).

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Provisional food poisoning Block:HaveliKhadagpurHSC-Shyampur,APHC:Budhauna,Village-Bageshwari 16 cases 6 fatalities 27/12/2011 2011-12-29 12:49:31 500 4 members of a particular family died (2 male &2 female) . All belonged to different age groups. Another 2 death was clustered around first place as above where death had occurred. Different age group affected.The patients who died complained of headache & showed nose frothing before death. Total 6 deaths . 9 others are infected out of which 2 are being treated in Munger Sewa Yan private hospital, 3 in Bhagalpur. 1 patient tt & recovered. Affected family informed that they had eaten rice,vegetables & green gram leaves . Blood sample from 3 dead body contacts have been collected whose result is awaited. Vegetables & other food samples also taken for examination by team from PMCH,Patna Under Surveillance , Investigation open RRT & DSU, IDSP visited the site, detailed report awaited. Investigation Open RRT team advised not to consume green gram leaves till further notice.
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PATNA: Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday said that six persons who died on Tuesday at Bageshwari village under Haveli Kharagpur police station in Munger district had actually succumbed after consuming poisonous food.

Choubey, who visited the village with a team of doctors, said that after investigation it became clear that the death occurred due to exchange of food between the two neighbouring families. The food was poisonous and they died after consuming it, Choubey said, ruling out any possibility of mysterious disease reported earlier.

The minister said that the affected families have been provided money under Kabir Anteyasthi Yojana. They would also be compensated under the National Family Benefit Scheme by the department of social welfare, Choubey said, adding the district administration would provide one month's ration to the affected families. The locals demanded help under Chief Minister Relief Fund to which the minister talked to the state's chief secretary.

Choubey also announced upgradation of the health sub-centre at Agrahan Panchayat to additional primary health centre ( APHC) and directed the Munger civil surgeon to submit a report in this regard soon. However, the minister who was scheduled to visit Bageshwari village, postponed his visit.