4 die in Ahmedabad district village due to contaminated water

Four persons including two children died in the weekend in Ghoda village near Ahmedabad’s Viramgam town after having drunk contaminated water from well. At least 44 other people of same village who consumed same water were unwell and some of them are admitted in Viramgam’s Gandhi hospital and other private hospitals. Total infected persons are about 100.

State’s Health department came in to action after this serious incident and deployed special health and sanitation teams in Ghoda village on Sunday. There was panic in whole village and villagers were refusing to drink water. The government has supplied chlorinated water tankers. Government has allotted one 108 ambulance to this village for five days for any eventual emergency situation. Six health teams and 20 paramedic staff has been deployed here. Indoor hospital has been set up.

According to initial information coming in, the villagers were consuming water from village well. There was very few amount of water left in well.