Palamu civil surgeon and his team of doctors ruled out any mysterious disease afflicting families in two villages falling under Jhargara panchayat in Hussainabad. Civil Surgeon Hemant Kumar and deputy medical superintendent Hussainabad Anil Kumar Singh and others visited the two families living in two villages under Jhargara panchayat and found that the five deaths which occurred were all driven by reasonable causes of death and there is nothing anything as mysterious disease.
Deputy medical superintendent Anil Kumar Singh said the latest death of Samukh Rajwar blew up the issue out of all proportions. Rajwar had febrile convulsions. Singh said his quack treating him took the febrile convulsion for epileptic convulsion and accordingly treated him with heavy dose of anti epilepsy.
Singh further said Rajwar was given dose of anti malaria drugs too. The quantity of drugs that was given to Samukh Rajwar just did not go well with his body and he collapsed. Singh said he had in his possession empty ampules of anti epileptic medicines which Rajwar was given by the quack.
Singh admitted as Rajwar had high fever and these days high fever is being suspected most for many serious and fatal ailments and his death too was painted as of caused by mysterious disease which on medical probe proved wrong.
About the four other deaths which took place in a dalit family spanned over nearly six or seven months and on this count there is no even a remote possibility of any mysterious disease afflicting this dalit family. Deaths occurring in a span of 6 to 7 months preclude any attack of mysterious disease reiterated Singh.
Singh said the dalit family lost Sanju Devi who had severe chest pain and profuse sweating the two most prominent symptom of heart failure. Sanju had had her treatment in lathiya by a quack. Sanju dEvi died in last winter.
The second death was of Bahadur Paswan in the same dalit family said Singh. Bahadur was treated in Bihar’s Sasaram. This Paswan had problems of infected and enlarged prostate added deputy medical superintendent Hussainabad. Bahadur Paswan died four months after the death of Sanju Devi.
The dalit family saw third death in Binod Paswan who had severe jaundice and was also treated in Bihar ‘s Sasaram. Binod died two months after the death of Bahadur Paswan.
The fourth death in this dalit family was of Gyan Kumari who had severe anemia and her blood count ( hemoglobin) was just 2.5 gram added Singh. She was given blood transfusion as well.
Deputy medical superintendent rubbished the deaths as any caused by any mysterious affliction but added all the deaths were due to some strong reasons and patients were ineptly treated by the quacks.