22 villagers affected by diarrhoea in Odisha

Berhampur: As many as 22 persons were affected by diarrhoea at Balugaon village in Odisha's Ganjam district, health department officials informed on Thursday.

The villagers were taken ill after they attending a feast on Thursday, they said.

The affected persons were admitted to the sub-divisional hospital in Chhatrapur, about 25 km from here, an official said.

Samples of stool and water were collected from the village and would be sent to the laboratory of the microbiology department at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here, said Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) R Jagadeesh Patnaik

"At present, 19 patients are undergoing treatment at hospital," he said.

He said a medical team which visited the village detected three more cases there. They were administered medicines, but did not require hospitalisation, the CDMO added.