Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Tripura airlifts medical teams to Dhalai district
Press Trust of India / Agartala July 22, 2012, 14:05
Tripura government has rushed four medical teams by helicopter to Longtorai valley in and Gandacherra in Dhalai where four persons have reportedly died following outbreak of gastroenteritis and water-borne disease, official sources said today.
Four deaths were reported from remote Longtorai Valley and Gandacherra sub-division of the district in the past week where medical teams with paramedical staffs were dropped by helicopter yesterday to organise health camps, Director (Preventive Medicine) R K Dhar told reporters.
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http://www.business-standard.com/ge...lifts-medical-teams-to-dhalai-district/35307/
article from May:
19 deaths reported due to viral fever, gastro-entities in Tripura villages
TNN May 25, 2012, 04.58AM IST
AGARTALA: As many as 19 deaths, including that of six children, were reported from tribal-dominated remote villages of Longtari Valley sub-division in Tripura's Dhalai district.
According to reports, viral fever, gastro-entities and meningococcal meningitis have been identified as the causes of deaths in the villages. Unhygienic lifestyle coupled with malnutrition are being blamed for the situation.
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http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...wahati/31851854_1_viral-fever-gastro-villages
see also http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=454978
Press Trust of India / Agartala July 22, 2012, 14:05
Tripura government has rushed four medical teams by helicopter to Longtorai valley in and Gandacherra in Dhalai where four persons have reportedly died following outbreak of gastroenteritis and water-borne disease, official sources said today.
Four deaths were reported from remote Longtorai Valley and Gandacherra sub-division of the district in the past week where medical teams with paramedical staffs were dropped by helicopter yesterday to organise health camps, Director (Preventive Medicine) R K Dhar told reporters.
...
http://www.business-standard.com/ge...lifts-medical-teams-to-dhalai-district/35307/
article from May:
19 deaths reported due to viral fever, gastro-entities in Tripura villages
TNN May 25, 2012, 04.58AM IST
AGARTALA: As many as 19 deaths, including that of six children, were reported from tribal-dominated remote villages of Longtari Valley sub-division in Tripura's Dhalai district.
According to reports, viral fever, gastro-entities and meningococcal meningitis have been identified as the causes of deaths in the villages. Unhygienic lifestyle coupled with malnutrition are being blamed for the situation.
...
http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...wahati/31851854_1_viral-fever-gastro-villages
see also http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=454978