Disease outbreak in MP’s Balaghat kills 6 children, over 100 sick: Officials
Experts are now supervising treatment, with acute nutritional deficiencies also detected among children
In the past month, at least six children have died and over 100 others have fallen ill in four Baiga tribe-dominated villages of Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district, officials reported on Tuesday. The victims were between the ages of one and 13, suffering from high fever, rashes, red spots, stomach ache, and ulcers since July. The district administration has established temporary health camps in the affected villages.
Experts from Jabalpur Medical College are investigating the outbreak, with acute nutritional deficiencies also detected among children. Villagers blame the delayed action of the health department, as children had been falling ill for weeks before the health department started camps.
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