1 dead, 17 taken ill as Patiala in diarrhoea grip once again

The district experienced a diarrhoea outbreak for the second time in the past two weeks. Over 17 people, including children, have been taken ill at Changera village in the Rajpura block of Patiala, while a 76-year-old man from the village died at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh.

- Karam Prakash

Earlier in the month, four people died due to diarrhoea while over 140 had fallen ill at Alipur Arriyan village in Patiala. Three patients are still in the hospital, say Patiala health department officials.

The alert system was triggered when This prompted authorities to investigate a potential outbreak.

They claimed that they got an alert about the outbreak when several residents were hospitalised with diarrhoea symptoms and a 67-year-old man was suspected to have died from the illness.