Tripura: 4 fatalities from gastro in remote Valley, medical teams airlifted in

[Ronan Kelly]

Tripura airlifts medical teams to Dhalai district
Press Trust of India / Agartala July 22, 2012, 14:05

Tripura government has rushed four medical teams by helicopter to Longtorai valley in and Gandacherra in Dhalai where four persons have reportedly died following outbreak of gastroenteritis and water-borne disease, official sources said today.

Four deaths were reported from remote Longtorai Valley and Gandacherra sub-division of the district in the past week where medical teams with paramedical staffs were dropped by helicopter yesterday to organise health camps, Director (Preventive Medicine) R K Dhar told reporters.
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http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/tripura-airlifts-medical-teams-to-dhalai-district/35307/

article from May:
19 deaths reported due to viral fever, gastro-entities in Tripura villages
TNN May 25, 2012, 04.58AM IST

AGARTALA: As many as 19 deaths, including that of six children, were reported from tribal-dominated remote villages of Longtari Valley sub-division in Tripura's Dhalai district.

According to reports, viral fever, gastro-entities and meningococcal meningitis have been identified as the causes of deaths in the villages. Unhygienic lifestyle coupled with malnutrition are being blamed for the situation.
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http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-25/guwahati/31851854_1_viral-fever-gastro-villages

see also http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?p=454978

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Tripura: 4 fatalities from gastro in remote Valley, medical teams airlifted in

Water-borne diseases hit east Tripura
TNN | Jul 21, 2012, 10.36PM IST

AGARTALA: The Tripura government has sent three medical teams to the eastern part of the state by chopper on Friday after there were reports of outbreak of enteritis and other water-borne summer diseases there.
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According to unconfirmed reports, as many as 43 deaths have been reported in both the sub-divisions in the past one month due to diarrhoea and viral fever.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Water-borne-diseases-hit-east-Tripura/articleshow/15082239.cms