Episodes of diarrhoea at Kewal Tola, Ramgarh  under Chhaterpur subdivision  are now controlled, said the deputy superintendent of the Chhaterpur sub divisional hospital Dr Rajesh Agrawal. 

This hamlet saw the death of two children belonging to the family of Dilip Prajapati, Dr Agrawal said.

Dilip's daughter Archana who died of diarrhoea was not brought to the sub divisional hospital, added Dr Agrawal. 

"She was taken down to some private nursing home from where was referred to Daltonganj and there she died. Dilip's son Ravi was brought to our sub divisional hospital in an extreme and severe watery diarrhoeal condition. He was in shock. We gave him treatment and rushed him to the higher centre in Daltonganj where he died"  he added. 

Medical team was rushed to the Kewal Tola which treated a couple of more people there afflicted with fever, vomiting and loose motion. The afflicted ones have recovered. 

Dr Agrawal said "Residents of Kewal Tola have been advised to maintain hygiene and cleanliness. They have been asked to use safe drinking water."

Contamination to water is suspected behind this diarrhoeal death. 

Dr Agrawal said the villagers told our medical team that they use tube well water. 

It's not known if the tube well underground pipe is deep or not. Cow dung and dirt were found littering the areas around the houses, Dr Agrawal added. 

A senior community member of the Prajapati Avinash Dev has urged the civil surgeon Dr Anil Kumar to provide adequate medical assistance to families afflicted with diarrhoea. 

Avinash Dev said the death of two children in one family is very tragic and that there will be no repetition of it anymore with other families. 

Civil surgeon Dr Anil Kumar said "I have directed the DS sub divisional hospital Chhaterpur Dr Rajesh Agrawal to find out if the two children who died had their Rotavirus vaccines in their due ages."

Civil surgeon said Rotavirus vaccine administration helps save children from the severity of diarrhoea.