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A sedate being dug for Yasmeen Kousar, the 17th victim, successful Baddal colony of Rajouri district, Monday. (PTI)
All the 370 Baddal colony residents, who had been quarantined successful Rajouri municipality aft 17 others from their colony died of “unknown causes” successful the past mates of months, person shown nary symptoms of immoderate illness, sources said.
The 17 deaths since December had initially stumped experts, who visited the colony successful Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, collected samples and tested them astatine large labs successful antithetic parts of the country. Recently, doctors treating different patients from the colony who person shown akin symptoms to those who died said the origin of the unwellness is apt to beryllium toxicity caused by organophosphate chemicals, which are utilized successful pesticides and insecticides.
All the 17 dormant were from 3 families successful the village. Three sisters were the past to beryllium admitted to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital successful Jammu connected January 23 aft showing symptoms of fever, uneasiness successful breathing and nonaccomplishment of consciousness. They person subsequently recovered and were sent backmost to Rajouri wherever their parents were quarantined.
Doctors came to the proposal that the unwellness was caused by organophosphates aft uncovering that atropine injections, which are utilized to dainty toxicity from specified chemicals, had a affirmative interaction connected patients.
Apart from those who person recovered, those who were quarantine are besides each “physically fit”, a elder doc astatine GMC Rajouri said. He said each the the radical quarantined were adjacent contacts and household members of those who died oregon had symptoms of the illness. “From our side, they each are present physically acceptable and nary of them has immoderate grounds of the chartless disease,” the doc said.
However, they are yet to beryllium sent backmost home, and this volition beryllium done lone aft the medication takes a determination connected the matter, helium said.
Meanwhile, sources said the medication is waiting for SOPs from the squad of doctors from AIIMS Delhi and PGIMER Chandigarh, who had visited Baddal and collected samples from determination connected Sunday. These are SOPs to beryllium followed erstwhile sending quarantined residents backmost to Baddal village.
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Apart from the 370 being quarantined, determination are 700 Baddal residents surviving successful a locked down portion of the village. The medication has sealed their existing ration stores and taken their samples for laboratory testing, a root said, adding that they person been provided with caller ration. These families volition beryllium allowed to devour their existing ration lone if their samples are tested okay, the root said.
Meanwhile, teams from the carnal and sheep husbandry section person been deployed to supply fodder and instrumentality attraction of the animals and livestock near down by those quarantined astatine Rajouri.
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