Thiruvananthapuram : Thiruvananthapuram urban limits and the adjoining region are on high alert after a suspected cholera death and a suspected case along with 16 students being hospitalized in a private hospital in the last three days.
Cholera has been confirmed in a 10-year-old resident of Neyyattinkara Karunya Mission Special hospital on Tuesday. The district health department has directed all the clinics, both private and government to be equipped with staffs and facilities to ensure each suspected case being looked seriously.
Earlier, another inmate of the same hostel, Anu (26), died after experiencing similar symptoms and diarrhea. His post-mortem results are still pending to determine if his death was also due to the bacterial disease.
Meanwhile, the health officials have expressed concerns about a potential cholera outbreak in the capital due to the cluster of symptoms emerging from the same location.
“Health check-ups are being conducted in the Karunya hostel inmates to assess the situation. Samples from the 16 residents, who are under treatment, were sent for testing and we are awaiting the results. Meanwhile, we have identified the location and ascertaining the ground situation. We have already begun issuing advisories to the public on the matter”, said a senior official in the district health department.
At the same time, 16 residents from the Karunya hostel have been admitted to various hospitals across the district, including Nemom and Parassala, with similar symptoms. These individuals are being administered cholera-preventive drugs. The situation of all the patients is stable.
With 65 students residing in the hostel, school authorities have advised parents to take their children home following the incident. Officials from the Health Department and Food Safety Department have visited the hostel to assess the situation.
The last cholera related death in the state was reported in 2017.
Cholera is an extremely virulent and diarhhoeal disease transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated food and water. If left untreated, it can kill the person who has been affected.
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