Contamination cases go up
Another 80 new patients, all of them garment factory employees, were diagnosed with gastroenteritis (GE) on Tuesday. With this, 204 employees of the Embee Apparels garment factory have taken ill after drinking contaminated water. The jurisdicational police have taken up a case. The factory manager was arrested and released on bail, and police are awaiting laboratory reports. "All the patients are stable right now,' said ESIMS Director Dr Rahimunnisa.
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