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Three die of mysterious disease

Morena (Madhya Pradesh) Oct 21. Three persons, including a woman, died of a mysterious disease in Sikroda village in the district in the past four days while about 300 people were afflicted by it, Chief Medical Officer Dr K M Ojha said today.

A team of doctors, which visited the village and examined about 200 patients and tested their blood samples, has concluded that the disease was caused by some viral infection.

The team has provided medicines to the villagers and given them instructions to check spread of the disease, he said.

Fifty villagers suffering from the disease were today admitted to the district hospital and their condition is stated to be stable, he added. -- PTI

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