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Orissa's Death Toll Due to Diarrhoea, Cholera Rises to 80
As many as 48 people died of cholera in the impoverished tribal district of Rayagada. In its neighbouring Koraput district 26 died of diarrhoea in the past one-and-a-half months. In the backward Kalahandi at least six people have died, State Director of Health Services Usha Patnaik told IANS Monday.
The situation has worsened in the last two weeks.
"We have treated at least 6,000 patients during the past one-and-a-half months," said P. Sitaram, chief medical officer of Rayagada, where cholera cases have been confirmed.
Cholera has gripped 26 villages in this district but 16 of them remain inaccessible, he said.
Although no deaths were reported Sunday, fresh cases of the disease worsened the situation, he said. More than 50 people were admitted to hospitals at the worst hit Kashipur, some 500 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.
"The district administration has provided at least 13 vehicles to bring patients from the affected villages to the nearest hospital and opened new health centres in the affected villages. Each centre has two doctors and other required medical staff as well as medicines," the official said.
The situation in Koraput was also the same where the diarrhoea had gripped many villages in Dasmantpur block. "Every day hundreds of people are coming to the government hospital," local legislator Taraprasad Bahinipati said.
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