As many as 150 college students of three authorities residential colleges positioned inside one campus in Gujarat’s Surat district suffered from a viral an infection and 18 of them, all women, had been hospitalised with fever, officers mentioned Sunday.
As many as 18 woman college students affected by fever had been admitted to a neighborhood well being centre on Saturday, Chief District Well being Officer Dr Anil Patel mentioned. (Consultant picture/HT file)
Wadi village in Umarpada taluka has a cluster of three residential colleges with over 650 female and male college students.
Chief District Well being Officer Dr Anil Patel mentioned 150 of those college students contracted higher respiratory tract infections with signs of cough and fever over the previous three to 4 days.
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As many as 18 woman college students affected by fever had been admitted to a neighborhood well being centre on Saturday, he mentioned.
The district administration deployed a workforce of greater than two dozen well being personnel to display the scholars on the college campus and care for their well being, he mentioned.
“We have directed the principal to ensure that the airborne infection does not spread, and keep students with fever and cough in isolation with face masks. A medical team of 30 personnel is on the school campus,” he mentioned.
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Principal Jaideepsinh Rathod of the Sainik College, one of many three instructional services, mentioned a number of college students complained of cough and fever in the previous few days after which he contacted the native well being centre.
“We contacted the nearby primary health centre and got the students examined. Of them, 18 students were admitted to a community health centre,” he mentioned.
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Each girls and boys of the residential colleges had been affected, however all these admitted with fever are women, he mentioned.
MLA and former tribal growth minister Ganpat Vasava visited the varsity campus. “A team of the Surat district health officer reached the school and screened the students,” he mentioned.