At least 45 people, including 15 children, fell ill on Wednesday after consuming bhog during Maa Bhalukini Puja at Deulipala village under the Dharmasala police station in Jajpur district.
They were admitted at the Dharmasala Community Health Centre (CHC), where their conditions are now stable. They had started vomiting and complained of severe lower abdomen pain and high fever after consuming the Prasad.
A medical team was rushed from the district Government hospital at Jajpur to Deulipala to treat the persons, said Dr Himanshu Kar of the Dharmasala CHC.
The Health Department also organised a health camp at the village on Wednesday with expert doctors for the ailing people, who were fell sick after taking the Prasad prepared with polluted water, said a health official.
Besides, injections and saline were administered to many villagers as a precautionary measure. The villagers had been depending on a lone tube-well since last two years to get water. Due to non-functioning of the tube-well, they now consume
polluted water from the village pond.