GASTRO-ENTERITIS STRIKES CITY: 113 MEDICOS TAKE ILL 

Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here today, Ramalingam revealed that two of the students, who have been admitted to Epidemic Disease (ED) Hospital on KRS Road, are recovering. The remaining 111 students took intravenous fluids in their hostel with the assistance of seniors and wrote their examinations. About 20 of them visited K.R. Hospital also, said Ramalingam.

Contaminated water

The culprit is obviously the water supplied by the VVWW. It may be recalled, few years ago, about 300 students of medical college hostel were infected with Leptospirosis. Currently there are ten patients with suspected Gastro-enteritis admitted to ED Hospital, he said.

Vijayanagar tank

A committee of four members of Ajay Foundation and MGP visited the Central Storage Reservoir (CSR) in Vijayanagar while it was being cleaned. The cleaning operation created disturbance of the sediment and increased the concentration of pathogens. Covering the holes in
the roof by asbestos sheets is also dangerous, he opined.

During the last 25 days, four samples of water were drawn for testing and all of them were found contaminated. Hence the citizens are advised to filter and boil water before drinking.

'It looks as if the City Corporation has obtained licence to kill the residents using water as a weapon. It only does hotch-potch repair works to hoodwink the residents without attacking the root cause of any problem,' alleged Ramalingam.

Warden clarifies

When Star of Mysore contacted the in-charge warden of the MMC PG Ladies Hostel Gayatri, she said that she came to know about the infection yesterday. Two students Archana and Sreelatha have been admitted to ED Hospital and the doctors there have suspected
Gastro-enteritis. Few other students Pallavi, Deepa, Deepti, Sangeetha, Shwetha, Sandhya, Prema Reddy and Anita too had a bout of vomiting and diarrhoea with few running temperature also. The City Corporation authorities have been informed today about that and they have assured to take up extra chlorination of water, said Gayatri.