1-year-old dies due to diarrhoea in Panna

Bhopal: A one-year-old toddler died due to diarrhoea in Panna district on Friday morning, taking the toll in the state to 32 in the past two months.
In the last four days, four other children had also died in Panna district — one case with visible diarrhoea symptoms and three suspected deaths-- since Sept 10.
"On Sept 10, the death of a 7-year-old child was reported at Patori village.Later, on Sept 12, three children aged between four years and 14 years died within a couple of hours. These children were from the same family and were siblings. However, though there is an outbreak in the locality, these children were not having diarrhoea-related symptoms. They had passed stool only once before death. On Friday morning, one child aged around 1 year, who was referred to the district hospital, also died during treatment. He was having symptoms of diarrhoea. Thus, of the five deaths, two had diarrhoea-related symptoms, and three are suspected deaths," Panna chief medical and health officer Dr SK Tripathi told TOI.
He added, "There is certainly a diarrhoea outbreak. Our teams are in the village, and around a dozen people are admitted to hospitals. The village has two hand pumps and a well. The well has been abandoned, and people were using hand-pumps. The PHE department has taken samples, and we have also sent stool samples for culture. Precautionary measures are being taken, besides the deployment of teams at the village."
In the past month, diarrhoea has claimed at least 32 lives in the state.
Five people lost their lives in Dindori district, six have died in Jabalpur, one death each was reported from Raisen and Sagar districts, three deaths were reported from Umaria district, and five deaths have been reported from Maihar district. Two deaths have been reported from Chhatarpur district. One death was reported in Satna district. Two deaths were reported from Pandhurna district. Now, one death was reported from Mauganj district, and five deaths were reported from Panna district.