Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Fever spreads in Valparai, water blamed
TNN | Jul 28, 2012, 06.01AM IST
COIMBATORE: At least 20 women including three nine-year-old children have been admitted to the government hospital in Valparai with high fever, headache and dizziness. All affected people belong to families of labourers employed in the Ryan division of Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation Limited (TANTEA) estate. Eleven of them were admitted to the hospital on Thursday night, while the remaining on Friday. A few others who sought medical help with similar symptoms were sent back after they were given medication at the government hospital and the primary health centre. Preliminary reports hint at contaminated water as the source of infection.
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Though all 20 people admitted to the hospital have recorded body temperature of about 104 degrees, none of them are in a critical state at the moment, it was said. "It could be typhoid but we are waiting for the detailed report," Arumugam added.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...alparai-water-blamed/articleshow/15221579.cms
TNN | Jul 28, 2012, 06.01AM IST
COIMBATORE: At least 20 women including three nine-year-old children have been admitted to the government hospital in Valparai with high fever, headache and dizziness. All affected people belong to families of labourers employed in the Ryan division of Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation Limited (TANTEA) estate. Eleven of them were admitted to the hospital on Thursday night, while the remaining on Friday. A few others who sought medical help with similar symptoms were sent back after they were given medication at the government hospital and the primary health centre. Preliminary reports hint at contaminated water as the source of infection.
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Though all 20 people admitted to the hospital have recorded body temperature of about 104 degrees, none of them are in a critical state at the moment, it was said. "It could be typhoid but we are waiting for the detailed report," Arumugam added.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...alparai-water-blamed/articleshow/15221579.cms