Health dept confirms kalaazar outbreak
High alert has been sounded in Asom following the outbreak of kalaazar on the outskirts of Guwahati. Health Department sources said that the samples tested for suspected kalaazar have yielded positive results and the patients would be shifted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) soon. The suspected cases of kalaazar were reported from the Panikhaiti area in Kamrup district last week, when several people were admitted to the local hospital with kalaazar symptoms. The State Health Department has already sounded an alert and taken up prevention measures, including spraying of DDT and distribution of mosquito nets in the affected area.