Ronan Kelly
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Two test positive for cholera
By: Alifiya Khan Date: 2011-01-26 Place: Pune
Girl travelling to Jharkand admitted to Sassoon: hospital also confirms another case of 65-year-old
Cholera has arrived in the city. Two persons have tested positive for cholera after their stool samples were sent to the Sassoon General Hospital. Officials at the hospital confirmed that the culture tests at the microbiology lab have indicated vibrio cholerae of the El Tor type, which doctors said is a milder form of the highly infectious bacterial disease. This they said should be reported to the international community.
Dr Anju Kagal, head of microbiology department, said the first sample was of a 16-year-old girl Juhi Kumari Yadav, who was travelling to Jharkand with two friends. "She developed severe diarrhoea and dehydration and had to alight in Pune. She was admitted to Sassoon hospital and was treated here after her sample tested positive for cholera. The second person's stool sample was sent by Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital for confirmation of cholera," said Kagal.
Kagal said the patient was a 65-year-old and refused to divulge further details citing patient confidentiality.
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http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/jan/260111-cholera-Sassoon-General-Hospital-Pune.htm
By: Alifiya Khan Date: 2011-01-26 Place: Pune
Girl travelling to Jharkand admitted to Sassoon: hospital also confirms another case of 65-year-old
Cholera has arrived in the city. Two persons have tested positive for cholera after their stool samples were sent to the Sassoon General Hospital. Officials at the hospital confirmed that the culture tests at the microbiology lab have indicated vibrio cholerae of the El Tor type, which doctors said is a milder form of the highly infectious bacterial disease. This they said should be reported to the international community.
Dr Anju Kagal, head of microbiology department, said the first sample was of a 16-year-old girl Juhi Kumari Yadav, who was travelling to Jharkand with two friends. "She developed severe diarrhoea and dehydration and had to alight in Pune. She was admitted to Sassoon hospital and was treated here after her sample tested positive for cholera. The second person's stool sample was sent by Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital for confirmation of cholera," said Kagal.
Kagal said the patient was a 65-year-old and refused to divulge further details citing patient confidentiality.
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http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/jan/260111-cholera-Sassoon-General-Hospital-Pune.htm