The Hindu : Child dies after vitamin dose

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Tuesday, November 13, 2001

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Front Page \| Previous Child dies after vitamin dose GUWAHATI, NOV. 12. One child died and over 1,500 children fell ill in different parts of Assam after being administered free doses of vitamin A solution syrup under a nationwide campaign on Sunday. The Joint Director of Health Services, Cachar, Dr. M. Ali, said in Silchar today that Asah Bhedi, daughter of a tea labourer, complained of giddiness and headache after she was given the syrup. She died late last night. About 1,000 children in the age group of one to five years complained of headache, vomiting and diarrhoea in Cachar district. Over 500 fell ill with symptoms of fever, stomach pain and vomiting in Nagaon. Nearly 100 were affected in north Haibargaon and 400 in Bapapujia, Kaki, Lanka and Jugijan area, according to official sources. The district administration had ordered a magisterial inquiry and the vitamin sample was sent for investigations. - PTI Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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Front Page \| Previous Child dies after vitamin dose GUWAHATI, NOV. 12. One child died and over 1,500 children fell ill in different parts of Assam after being administered free doses of vitamin A solution syrup under a nationwide campaign on Sunday. The Joint Director of Health Services, Cachar, Dr. M. Ali, said in Silchar today that Asah Bhedi, daughter of a tea labourer, complained of giddiness and headache after she was given the syrup. She died late last night. About 1,000 children in the age group of one to five years complained of headache, vomiting and diarrhoea in Cachar district. Over 500 fell ill with symptoms of fever, stomach pain and vomiting in Nagaon. Nearly 100 were affected in north Haibargaon and 400 in Bapapujia, Kaki, Lanka and Jugijan area, according to official sources. The district administration had ordered a magisterial inquiry and the vitamin sample was sent for investigations. - PTI Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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