Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Dec 23: With the death of one more woman due to some mysterious disease at Badaal village in Khawas area of Budhal in district Rajouri today, the death toll in the area has reached up to 9.
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While with the nine deaths in the district with some mysterious disease, a panic has gripped the entire area, the J&K Health Department and the Forensic experts have totally failed so far to contain these deaths and reach up to some conclusion about the cause of deaths. The panic gripped some families, have shifted their children to other places to stay with their relatives.
Reports said that a woman, hailing from Baddaal village, died after sudden medical complications with initial symptoms not resembling with earlier deaths. They said the district administration has ordered a probe to ascertain the cause of her death.
The woman-Razim Akhtar had earlier lost her three children due to mysterious disease. The local hospital authorities at Kandi and even in Rajouri had initially termed them as suspected food poisoning cases.
Reports said Razim Akhter fell sick this afternoon in her village at Badaal. She was immediately shifted to CHC Kotranka from where she was referred to GMC Rajouri where she was undergoing treatment and all of a sudden died this noon. Doctor attending upon her said that she was responding well to the treatment but all of a sudden she collapsed. The doctors could not get the clue behind her sudden death. After conducting postmortem, dead body was handed over to the family members for performing last rights.
It is pertinent to mention here that from December 8, 2024 up to now, total 9 persons from two families including 7 children and one female and one male have lost their lives but the exact cause behind these sudden deaths could not be known till date.
Director Health Services Jammu, Dr Rakesh Magotra when contacted claimed that already teams have been constituted at CHC Kandi, CMO office Rajouri and GMC Rajouri to ascertain the cause behind it. He said the postmortem on the body of this woman was conducted and she found to be pregnant also. The case was under investigation by the teams, he added.
A senior officer in the J&K Health and Medical Education department, however, could not give a satisfactory reply. He claimed that Medical teams are on the job and they have not submitted their report so far. He, however, claimed that this death of woman at Badaal today was different case than the previous one.
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