Lucknow: Supply of contaminated water led to the outbreak of diarrhoea in the Fatehpur area of Aliganj, claiming two lives and afflicting more than 90 people, sources said on Thursday. Most of the people admitted to the hospital complained of nausea and loose motions. According to reports, the diarrhoea claimed the life of a one-year-old child on Monday and another person on Wednesday. Nevertheless, the chief medical officer (CMO) said that though diarrhoea may not have caused those deaths, a probe was underway to determine the exact reasons.
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Meanwhile, the residents said that the contaminated water they received for several days triggered the outbreak of the disease. A 24-year-old woman Sangeeta Lodhi who lost her one-year-old baby said that the child was down with diarrhoea for six days. The baby lost her life on the way to hospital, she said.
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According to additional chief medical officer Dr Milind Varshan, the symptoms the child developed were of diarrhoea, but the other person was suffering from multiple ailments, including respiratory problem, so it cannot be said whether he died of diarrhoea. The officials of the health department and those of the municipal corporation said that they began to examine water supplied to the area to know whether it was contaminated.