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Diarrhoea in Ramnad dt.

By C. Jaishankar

RAMANATHAPURAM, MAY 5 . As the rain continued for the fourth consecutive day today, an outbreak of diarrhoea has been reported from at least two places in Ramanathapuram district, owing to water contamination.

Lakshmi (40) of Pampan and Maheswari (40) of Ramanathapuram have been admitted to the Government Hospital with complaints of diarrhoea and more 100 people, mostly from the Pampan area, had been given treatment for severe fever.

Health officials said consumption of contaminated water could be the reason behind the sudden spurt in the number of patients.

The Collector, S. Vijayakumar, directed the officials to take preventive measures in the affected areas. The officials, who were camping in the Rameswaram Island, have been sprinkling "scyfluthrin" medicine in all 14 villages coming under the Karaiyur and Natarajapuram primary health centre areas.

A. T. Ramnath, Deputy Director (health), formed special parties to take preventive measures in Mandapam, Pampam, Keezhakarai, and Thondi which had been lashed for the past few days. He said health officials would find out and give treatment to patient by visiting each and every house. More attention would be paid to Thankatchimadam and Pampan, he added

Meanwhile, many places of Ramanathapuram experienced moderate to heavy rain for the fourth consecutive day. While Thondi registered 57 mm of rainfall, Kamudhi received 51 mm. The centres which recorded rainfall in Ramanathapuram district in the last 24 hours were (in mm): Ramanathapuram 8.6, Mandapam 17, Rameswaram 3.3, Thankatchimadam 4.2, Thiruvadanai 4.2, Thondi 57, Vattanam 30, Theerthandathanam 36, RS. Mangalam 10, Paramakudi 5, Valinokkam 17, Kadaladi 3, Muthukulathur 4.2, and Kamudhi 51.

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