Gastro spreads in Bargarh, Government refutes
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05/09/2009
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New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State Government claimed to have controlled diarrhoea in Kalahandi where the disease has claimed 27 lives in three blocks, reports of more deaths from Bargarh district has put the administration in a tizzy.
Reports reaching here said that there have been several deaths in Bargarh district due to diarrhoea and many more have been admitted to hospitals. The Government, however, downplayed the reports.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Prasanna Acharya dismissed any diarrhoea outbreak in Bargarh district. There have been sporadic cases, he claimed. ``Ten deaths in a span of 50 days is not so much cause for worry