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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the medication successful Gandhinagar metropolis to enactment connected a warfare footing amid the emergence of astir 100 cases of suspected typhoid, the Gujarat Government said.
Due to leakage successful a h2o pipeline, cases of suspected typhoid, a water-borne disease, were reported successful Sectors 24, 28, and Adivada country of Gandhinagar metropolis a fewer days ago, the State Government said successful a merchandise connected Sunday (January 4, 2026).
Mr. Shah has ordered the contiguous repair of the pipeline, it said. So far, 113 cases of suspected typhoid person been detected successful the State capital.
Of these, 19 patients person been discharged aft treatment, portion 94 are presently being treated successful Gandhinagar Civil Hospital arsenic good arsenic wellness centres of Sectors 24 and 29, said the release, adding that their information is stable.
“Round-the-clock OPDs (outpatient departments) person been established successful the affected areas, and arrangements person been made for the relatives of patients being treated astatine the Civil Hospital,” it said.
“Mr. Shah, a Lok Sabha subordinate from Gandhinagar, has been successful changeless interaction with Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi, District Collector and Municipal Commissioner to instrumentality updates astir the existent situation,” said the release.
“The Union Minister has besides instructed officials to enactment connected a warfare footing to tackle the situation,” it said. On Sunday (January 4), Mr. Shah held a telephonic treatment with officials of the Health Department and asked them to guarantee that children and citizens affected by typhoid get punctual and close treatment, the merchandise added.
He besides instructed the officials to supply nutrient to the affected patients and their relatives astatine Gandhinagar Civil Hospital. He further ordered the contiguous repair of the leakage and intensive inspection of the pipeline successful the affected arsenic good arsenic surrounding areas to forestall further dispersed of the disease, it said.
Intensive wellness absorption and survey enactment person been carried retired successful Gandhinagar metropolis by 75 wellness teams successful presumption of the suspected typhoid cases, arsenic per the release. The survey teams of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation person truthful acold inspected much than 20,800 houses and covered much than 90,000 people.
“As a preventive measure, 30,000 chlorine tablets and 20,600 ORS packets person been distributed,” said the release.
The survey teams are distributing consciousness leaflets by contacting radical from location to location and asking them to boil water, not to devour extracurricular nutrient and support their hands clean.
“The process of 'super chlorination' of h2o has been accelerated to power the dispersed of the disease, and the magnitude of chlorination successful drinking h2o is besides being checked,” the merchandise said. Some leakages which were recovered successful the pipeline successful the disease-affected areas person besides been repaired connected an contiguous basis, it added.
