Health min team to visit Buldhana, study nail loss

After media reports highlighting the sudden loss of fingernails, toenails and finger and toe deformities in residents of Buldhana, the union health ministry has appointed an expert team to visit the district.

- Niraj Pandit

MUMBAI: Fifty-six cases of this kind were registered in nine villages across three tehsils till Sunday evening.

The second bout of panic gripped villagers nearly four months after residents of 15 villages in Buldhana district's Shegaon tehsil woke up one day to sudden and rampant hair loss. Considering the seriousness of the matter, the union health ministry on Saturday appointed a team of nine experts who will visit Buldhana.