Polluted water cause of gastroenteritis outbreak: 135 cases in 48 hours
As many as 135 gastroenteritis patients were reportedly brought to various state-run hospitals in the district within the last 48 hours, amid public complaints of water contamination in some areas and lack of required medicines at the health facilities. The areas worst affected by the disease include Karampur, 9-11/WB, Peoples Colony, Muslim Town, College Town, Mailsi suberbs, Masani Bagh, Garah More, Tibba Sultanpur, Luddan, Machiwal and Thingi Colony, where dozens of gastro cases were reported, most of them children.