Chikungunya hits Sinduvalli village

Mysore, June 14 (UNI) Even as the district administration had stepped up the medical care for the suspected Chikungunya outbreak in a few villages on the outskirts of the City, fresh cases were reported in the Sinduvalli village on Mysore-Nanjangud road.

The Primary Health Centre Doctor Nagarthna told UNI here that so fanearly 120 cases had been reported during surveillance in the village which has a population of nearly 7,000. Samples of the victims' blood had been sent to hospitals for testing.

Drinking water being supplied to the village could be severely contaminated with drainage water getting mixed, following damage to pipes, she said.

She said initially it was suspected to be malaria or dengue.

However, the symptoms were different. A camp office was opened in the village for testing.

Meanwhile,a 40 year-old woman Sakamma died of heart attack today. However, the doctors ruled out that the death was due to any disease. The post-mortem report also confirmed that she died of heart attack. But the villagers claimed that she died due to the disease.

Medical care in the Pushpagiri village where more then 1,000 people had been affected suspected Chikungunya like disease,was also stepped up.

Doctors, anganwadi workers and social workers were pressed into service. Medicines were also despatched to local hospitals from the district centre. Blood tests were being done at the camps and the results made available on the spot.

Officials assured that treatment would be provided free of cost to patients and medicines supplied until they completely recovered.

UNI