Contaminated water sends more than 400 in Loni to hospitals
6 April 2013 6:26 AM IST
Loni's Roop Nagar colony faced an endemic of sorts on Friday due to contaminated water. According to the chief medical officer (CMO) of Ghaziabad, over 400 patients were treated for water-borne diseases on Friday, of whom 35 were directly referred to government district hospital. But unoffcial sources put the figure at 600.
'There are seven patients admitted in government district hospital and three in the primary health centre at Loni,' said Ajay Aggarwal, CM of Ghaziabad, to Millennium Post. 'We have set up two health camps in the colony for medical check up and providing medicine to patients. On Friday, 296 patients were provided medicines in these camps. In addition, 35 patients were directly referred to district hospital through government ambulances,' added Aggarwal. He also ruled out water contamination as the reason behind the five deaths that occurred in the past week. 'The deaths had nothing to do with water contamination. They were due to other diseases,' claimed Aggarwal.
The senior health, police and administration officials are camping in the area round the clock. A plumber level employee of Loni civic body has been suspended for dereliction on duty.
But the unofficial sources have put the number of patients treated on Friday to over 600.
According to the sources, 358 patients patients were checked in camps out of which 42 were directly sent to district hospital. In the primary health centre, 174 patients were examined out of which 12 were admitted. Besides, hundreds of patients were rushed to get themselves treated in private clinics and hospitals. These patients complain of diarrhoea, vomiting, dysentery and stomach ache as general symptoms.
According to the administration, an overhead water tank which supplies water to over 8,000 residents of the colony got contaminated due to leakage, but the officer concerned did not take the call despite several complaints.
On Thursday, 171 patients were treated at Loni Primay Health Centre of which 25 were directly referred to district government hospital. The residents also allege that five persons, including three children, died last week due to contaminated water.
'There are seven patients admitted in government district hospital and three in the primary health centre at Loni,' said Ajay Aggarwal, CM of Ghaziabad, to Millennium Post. 'We have set up two health camps in the colony for medical check up and providing medicine to patients. On Friday, 296 patients were provided medicines in these camps. In addition, 35 patients were directly referred to district hospital through government ambulances,' added Aggarwal. He also ruled out water contamination as the reason behind the five deaths that occurred in the past week. 'The deaths had nothing to do with water contamination. They were due to other diseases,' claimed Aggarwal.
The senior health, police and administration officials are camping in the area round the clock. A plumber level employee of Loni civic body has been suspended for dereliction on duty.
But the unofficial sources have put the number of patients treated on Friday to over 600.
According to the sources, 358 patients patients were checked in camps out of which 42 were directly sent to district hospital. In the primary health centre, 174 patients were examined out of which 12 were admitted. Besides, hundreds of patients were rushed to get themselves treated in private clinics and hospitals. These patients complain of diarrhoea, vomiting, dysentery and stomach ache as general symptoms.
According to the administration, an overhead water tank which supplies water to over 8,000 residents of the colony got contaminated due to leakage, but the officer concerned did not take the call despite several complaints.
On Thursday, 171 patients were treated at Loni Primay Health Centre of which 25 were directly referred to district government hospital. The residents also allege that five persons, including three children, died last week due to contaminated water.
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