One dies due to undiagnosed sickness, cases rise to 315 in Eluru

One particular person died and greater than 315, together with a number of ladies and kids, have been admitted to the Government General Hospital (GGH) right here following an undiagnosed sickness in the final couple of days.

The variety of in-patients, which was 55 on Saturday midnight and 170 by Sunday morning, rose to 270 by night and 315 by midnight.

Unconfirmed reviews mentioned 50 extra had been present process therapy in varied non-public hospitals.

Patients developed dizziness, headache and epilepsy-like signs. Most of the cases reported had been from Kobbari Thota, Kothapeta, Toorpu Veedhi and Arundhatipeta, medical doctors treating the sufferers mentioned.

Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas mentioned Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had enquired in regards to the scenario.

A house-to-house survey was being taken up and the scenario was below management, the Minister mentioned, including about 170 had been discharged.

Seven sufferers had been rushed to Vijayawada for higher therapy and their situation was secure, he mentioned.

Medical groups from varied hospitals in West Godavari and Krishna districts, workers of ward secretariats and officers of the income and police departments rushed to the colonies and had been attending on the sufferers in the camps organized on the streets.

Negative for COVID-19

“Water, food and blood samples have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL). The reports are awaited. CT scan and X-ray reports of the parents are normal. COVID-19 tests were conducted for all the patients and the results were negative,” medical doctors mentioned.

Collector Revu Mutyala Raju, SP K. Narayan Naik, Joint Collector Himanshu Shukla, senior civil decide D. Balakrishnaiah and different officers visited the federal government hospital and enquired in regards to the well being situation of the sufferers.

Helpline

Mr. Shukla mentioned name centres had been arrange on the Eluru municipal workplace. Residents might name over telephone nos. 9154565529 and 9154592617 in case of an emergency.

“GGH superintendent A.V.R. Mohan and district coordinator of hospital services Dr. Mohan Rao are monitoring the situation round the clock,” mentioned Mr. Shukla.

“Patients are complaining of giddiness and headache. The recovery rate is good and there is no need for panic,” mentioned District Medical and Health Officer (DM&HO) Dr. Sunanda.

Unguturu MLA Vasu Babu, RDO Panabaka Rachana and Indian Red Cross Society chairman M. Jaya Prakash had been amongst these monitoring the scenario in the affected areas.