Mystery Disease Back In J&Ok: 35 People Admitted To Hospital After Illness In Rajouri District

JAMMU: A complete of 35 folks had been hospitalised in J&Ok’s Rajouri district when they fell unwell because of some unidentified illness, as of Monday, rekindling the horror of 17 deaths because of a mysterious illness in Badhaal house of the district. As many as 17 folks had died between December 7, 2024, to January 19, 2025, within the Badhaal house of Rajouri.

All the deaths within the Badhaal house had taken position in 3 households. Authorities had declared all the Badhaal village a containment zone and shifted the citizens to a quarantine centre from the place they had been launched after over a month.

An opportunity remedy of the affected sufferers of Badhaal village with atropine had unravelled the mysterious illness, and after administering atropine, medical doctors had succeeded in treating the affected folks and likewise averted to any extent further deaths in Badhaal village.

Whether or no longer the similar antidote works with sufferers reporting sickness this time must be watched.

Officials mentioned this time, the sickness has affected villagers in Kotliparran village of Manjakote tehsil of Rajouri.

“All admitted patients are stable. Four of them have been referred to the Government Medical College (GMC) in Rajouri,” a health care provider heading the clinical group informed newshounds within the village.

A group from the Health Department has visited the village, accrued water samples and despatched them for checking out, the physician mentioned.

The sufferers exhibited signs of waterborne illness, prompting rapid clinical consideration, officers mentioned.

While investigations are underway to determine the precise reason for the sickness, well being officers suspect infected ingesting water.

“A team from GMC Rajouri collected water samples from three local wells. The district administration has sealed the wells pending test results,” medical doctors mentioned.

“It can be a possible outbreak of acute gastroenteritis, according to the information received from the community medicine department. The symptoms included stomach pain, fever, dehydration, and diarrhoea. Health Department officials are closely monitoring the situation after assuring the public that appropriate measures are being taken to ensure public safety,” an reputable added.