Representative image of diarrhoea.
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Kalghatgi: As many as 37 people including children and women have been admitted at a government hospital after they vomited and fell sick of diarrhoea.
The incident took place in Muttagi village of Kalghatgi taluk, the constituency represented by Labour Minister Santosh Lad.
Doctors at the taluk hospital said that condition of five women is serious, and they have been shifted to KIMS in Hubballi.
Prima facie it appears that all have consumed contaminated water and developed health complications, the doctors said.
The locals complained that the overhead tank in the village has not been cleaned since it's construction which was10 years ago, and the people are now sick of diarrhoea.
They said that the negligence of PDO and gram panchayat staff in cleaning up the tank led to the incident.