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Diarrhoea kills 28 in Patrapur

BERHAMPUR: Health officials are camping in remote villages in Patrapur block following detection of presence of Vibrio bacteria in blood samples of patients suffering from diarrhoea. As many as 28 persons, including eight children, have died of diarrhoea and hundreds affected by the disease in the block. Though health officials had checked the disease from spreading further, they had reportedly not taken any measures to prevent it.