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Bengaluru Cholera Outbreak: After a confirmed case of cholera was recorded in Bengaluru amid water crisis, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Friday issued health advisory in the city for seasonal diseases and precautions.
The development comes after a 27-year-old woman in Malleshwaram was hospitalised on March 30 with symptoms of loose motions and vomiting. She was suspected of having cholera. The BBMP, however, said the tests for cholera were negative.
The BBMP in a statement said that the treating physician suspected cholera and raised an alarm to the nearby primary health centre and the screening test showed positivity, but later the confirmatory lab test results were negative for the given stool sample.
The BBMP in the health advisory said health education efforts are focused on disease transmission awareness and sanitation practices. It said nearly 10 water samples were collected, with results pending from the public health institute lab.
The BBMP in the advisory said that the survey of the suspected disease area was conducted by the BBMP health team, and no cases were detected among 165 houses surveyed in the adjoining areas.
The BBMP however advised all zonal health and medical officers to build rapid response teams at the constituency level to tackle any cholera outbreak.
Moreover, the BBMP advised that hotels, restaurants and cafes give boiled drinking water to customers.
According to the BBMP, the suspected cholera cases at private and government healthcare facilities such as primary and community health centres, general hospitals, private hospitals, medical colleges, and private laboratories under its jurisdiction be reported in the Integrated Health Information Platform portal.
The BBMP asked the health inspectors to collect water samples daily and send them to public health Institute labs for surveillance.
Talking about the latest developments in the state, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said it is too early to call it an ‘outbreak’ and the officials are already monitoring the situation. The samples have gone for testing.
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