Two cholera cases reported

Two cholera cases have been reported in Government Multi Specialty Hospital,Sector 16 here on Thursday.

Written by Express News Service
Chandigarh | June 15, 2012 12:50 AM IST

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Two cholera cases have been reported in Government Multi Specialty Hospital,Sector 16 here on Thursday. Four-year-old,Kajal,a resident of Kisangarh had come to GMSH-16 and was diagnosed with cholera and was provided treatment there. Another child,Vikas,resident of Kisangarh was suffering from cholera when he reached the GMSH-16 and was given the required medicines. Earlier this month a four-year-old Rupesh from Mauli Jagran was tested positive for cholera. He was taken to General Hospital,Sector 6,Panchkula and was given treatment there. In 2009 a large number of cholera cases were reported from different colonies in city due to the consumption of contaminated water.