A 60-year-old girl from the distant Badhaal village died attributable to a mysterious sickness at Authorities Medical Faculty and Hospital in Rajouri on Friday morning, taking the toll to fifteen since December 7 final 12 months.
A 60-year-old girl from the distant Badhaal village died attributable to a mysterious sickness at Authorities Medical Faculty and Hospital in Rajouri on Friday morning, taking the toll to fifteen since December 7 final 12 months. (Representational picture)
Jatti Begum is the newest sufferer of the sickness that has left 15 members of three inter-related households lifeless. She is the spouse of 62-year-old Mohammad Yousuf, who had died on January 13.
She was taken to the Rajouri hospital on Thursday night after her well being deteriorated. “Despite all efforts, she died around 7.30am on Friday,” stated Dr Shamim Choudhary, the medical superintendent.
Yousuf’s nephew Mohammad Aslam’s sixth and final youngster, Yasmeen Akhter Kouser, 16, was placed on ventilator on the Sri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital in Jammu on Thursday night. Aslam has misplaced 5 youngsters to the sickness.
“The condition of Aslam’s eldest daughter remains critical. In all 15 deaths so far, we observed that the patient sweats profusely before having fever and then the nervous system gets involved,” a senior well being official stated.
“Investigations and samples empirically indicate that the incidents are not due to a communicable disease of bacterial or viral origin and that there is no public health angle. All samples have tested negative for any viral or bacteriological etiology,” he added.
Nonetheless, the toxicological evaluation performed by CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Analysis (IITR) has detected toxins in a number of organic specimens.
Amid hypothesis of a property dispute and inner enmity, the Rajouri police fashioned a particular investigation crew (SIT) to look into the deaths.
The incident got here to gentle on December 7, 2024, when a household of seven fell ailing after a group meal, leading to 5 fatalities. On December 12, a household of 9 associated to them obtained affected, claiming three lives. Precisely a month afterward January 12, a household of 10 fell ailing after consuming one other group meal with six youngsters requiring hospitalisation. Of them, 5 youngsters have died and the sixth is vital.