Many take ill in Halebeedu, Gadag

Fifteen have been shifted to the taluk hospital while another fifteen patients are being treated at a temporary hospital set up in the anganwadi centre. Health authorities have suspected outbreak of cholera and have begun door-to-door visits in the village. The borewell supplying water to the village is located in a slum and it is suspected that the water might have been contaminated at the source. Blood samples and water have been sent to laboratory for testing, medical officer Dr B Manjunath said.

DHO denies cholera

Gadag District Health Officer D B Channashetty clarified that no case of cholera has been reported from Shantageri where many people have taken ill due to contaminated water.
He was speaking to reporters at Gajendragad where one woman died and 50 persons have been detected with gastroentritis, on Friday.

He visited the hospital where the affected were admitted for treatment.  He said that the water samples that were taken for test were found to be contaminated and urged the people not to consume it. 

The authorities concerned at the Panchayat have been asked to initiate measures to supply potable water, he said.  The patients admitted at the hospital have no trace of cholera, he clarified.

Four doctors along with other hospital staff are camping at the village.