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Many residential school students test positive for jaundice, typhoid

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Ailing students of A.P. Social Welfare Residential School/Junior College of Mandalapalli undergoing treatment at the district headquarters hospital in Khammam on Saturday. —

KHAMMAM: Even as the 10 students of the Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential School/Junior College of APSWREIS of Mandalapalli in Dammapeta mandal, affected by jaundice and other ailments are undergoing treatment at the district headquarters hospital here, several more students of the institution are under the grip of various diseases ahead of the forthcoming crucial examination season.

Of the total ten students admitted to the district headquarters hospital on Friday, as many as four have been tested positive for jaundice, three for typhoid and one for malaria on Saturday. The remaining two students have been undergoing treatment for suspected viral fevers, sources said.

Another student N. Kranti Kiran of the same institution, who had already been diagnosed with jaundice, is being treated at a private super-specialty hospital in Hyderabad.

This apart, several more students of the institution including a few SSC students are reportedly down with various ailments allegedly caused by suspected water or food contamination in the residential school just a couple of days ahead of their examinations much to the concern of their parents.

The medical officer of Dammapeta Primary Health Centre Dr. V. Janardhan examined the ailing students at the school on Sunday. He further gave tips to the staff including the health supervisor of the residential school on hygiene and other precautions to prevent epidemics.

When contacted, Dr. Janardhan told The Hindu that the students those suffering from symptoms of jaundice and typhoid were identified and their blood samples would be sent for tests to ascertain their health condition.

The school/junior college principal T. S. V. R. Prabhakar Sarma said that the bore well located on the premises of the institution is the sole source of drinking water for the residential school.

The bore well water is being supplied to the students by taking all precautions to prevent any kind of contamination, he said adding that they were trying to establish the root cause of the outbreak of jaundice and other ailments.

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