{"id":381,"date":"2015-03-27T12:10:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T12:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=381"},"modified":"2017-03-09T12:37:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T12:37:03","slug":"water-recedes-but-water-borne-diseases-rise-on-mousuni-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2015\/03\/27\/water-recedes-but-water-borne-diseases-rise-on-mousuni-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Water recedes, but water-borne diseases rise on Mousuni island"},"content":{"rendered":"
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12 diarrhoea cases reported; absence of doctors compels people to approach quacks
\nAs the water from the high tides, which destroyed hundreds of houses on the Mousuni island, recedes, people are increasingly facing the threat of water-borne diseases. The seawater that submerged large parts of the sinking island has left all the fish in ponds dead and spoiled acres of agricultural lands. Locals complain of a foul smell emanating from different parts of the island.
\n\u201cAt least 12 cases of diarrhoea have been reported. In the absence of regular doctors the people have no option but to turn to quacks,\u201d Sk Golam Muhammad, a member of Mousuni Gram Panchayat told The Hindu on Thursday.
\nWith 1,500 people lodged in eight relief centres and several others in makeshift huts the situation is going to worsen, Mr. Muhammad said, adding that the State administration should take steps to ensure that medicines and other health facilities arrive here in time.
\n\u201cThe people are demanding that health camps be set up on the island,\u201d he said. When The Hindu visited the sinking island on Wednesday there was anger among the people over the lack of health care facilities. The only source of drinking water is a few deep tube wells for a population of 30,000. The health workers, who were supplying medicines and ORS packets, admitted that the supply was not enough.
\nDasarth Kisku, Block Medical Officer, admitted that more medical aid is required and said that a doctor and two health assistants visited the island during the day. \u201cWe will have to step up the health care facilities on the island. There is a primary health centre that has been providing them facilities over the past few days. We will make arrangements so that patients can be admitted to the health facility at night,\u201d Mr. Kisku said.
\nNearly four days after large parts of Mousuni were submerged, local MLA Bamkim Hazra visited the island on Thursday. \u201cThe situation is grim,\u201d Mr. Hazra told The Hindu, pointing out that about seven km of embankments has been breached.
\n\u201cI have taken up the matter with the State\u2019s Irrigation Minister Rajib Banerjee and Minister for Sunderban Development Manturam Pakhira. The people want the embankments to be repaired,\u201d the MLA said.
\nMr. Hazra, whose constituency comprises three islands – Sagar, Ghoramara, and Mousuni – was not very hopeful that the repairs could be made in due time. The MLA said that the work for repairing the embankments may not start before the approaching new moon tide that may result in another flooding.<\/p>\n

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12 diarrhoea cases reported; absence of doctors compels people to approach quacks As the water from the high tides, which destroyed hundreds of houses on the Mousuni island, recedes, people are increasingly facing the threat of water-borne diseases. 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