Seasonal ailments in Chhattisgarh district

Friday, August 3, 2007, 18:36 [IST]

Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Aug 3 (UNI) At least three people have died and more than 750 are suffering from seasonal ailments in this district.

''Diarrhoea, dysentery and viral fever are rampant in Masturi and Bilha blocks. The Health Department has received information of the spread of diseases in about 30 villages,'' District Chief Medical and Health Officer Rajeev Ratan Tiwari told UNI.

Medical teams were sent to the affected areas for medical camps set up at 17 villages. Several diarrhoea patients are approaching hospitals in this town's suburbs.

Seasonal ailments have also spreads in neighbouring Korba, Janjgir-Champa and Ambikapur districts.

UNI

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