Woman who lost husband, 5 grandkids to ‘mystery illness’ succumbs in Rajouri hospital; 16th death since December

She had antecedently mislaid her hubby and 5 grandchildren to the ‘mystery illness’. She is survived by a son, daughter-in-law and a granddaughter.

The archetypal decease successful the colony to beryllium attributed to the unwellness was reported connected December 7. This came aft 7 members of a household fell ill, suffering from fever and vomiting, aft attending a relation successful the village. On December 12, 9 members of a household were hospitalised with the aforesaid illness. A period later, six children were hospitalised.

Experts from 3 of the country’s apical aesculapian institutions – the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; National Institute of Vitology, Pune; and the National Centre for Disease Control – had visited the colony and conducted microbiological studies connected immoderate h2o and nutrient samples collected determination earlier.

Doctors astatine the hospitals successful Rajouri and Jammu had besides collected humor and different samples of those hospitalised from the colony and sent them to labs successful antithetic parts of the country.

Officials said the trial reports ruled retired immoderate viral, bacterial oregon microbiological infections. However, experts said “certain neurotoxins” look to person been recovered successful the samples of those who person died truthful far.