Rajouri's Badhal village declared containment zone to identify 'mysterious' disease
Several checkpoints on all the routes leading to the village have been established and facilities from ration to drinking water are being provided .
PTC News Desk: As the battle to identify the mysterious disease that has claimed 17 lives so far, authorities have declared Badhal village containment zone. Section 144 was also imposed in the Badhal village of Rajouri district.
Several checkpoints on all the routes leading to the village have been established and facilities from ration to drinking water are being provided .
A central team of experts has been investigating the cause of the deaths, and over 200 samples have been sent for testing to different institutes. Security checks are being conducted to allow any individual to enter the restricted areas.
Rajouri's Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu and Kashmir is also being strengthened to combat the disease. The government's health department has provided five child specialists and five anaesthesia specialists to GMC Rajouri. Principal GMC Rajouri, Dr AS Bhatia, confirmed that all types of advanced technology are in place to handle any emergency situation.
"We faced a shortage of staff during evacuation (of Budhal village). I requested the Secretary Health, and within half an hour, he got the GMC Principal to pass an order for deputing 5 anaesthesiologists and 5 paediatricians. They will strengthen our existing manpower... We have been facing this crisis for 40 days, since 7 December," MC Rajouri Principal, Dr Amarjeet Singh Bhatia, said.