Panic had gripped Puri town following the death of a youth at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack on Monday. Besides, three more patients also died of jaundice on the same day in Sambalpur. Reports said Samir Sahu (23), a native of Aitota near the bus-stand area under the Kumbharapada police station had been affected by jaundice for 10 days. He had been admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital. But as his condition became critical, he was shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital, where he died.
In Sambalpur, Gopal Kedia (39), a trader of Dhobapada of Badabazar, was suffering from jaundice since November last. He was shifted to a hospital at Visakhapatnam. After his partial recovery, the family members had brought him to Sambalpur. However, his condition became critical after a few days and he was admitted to a private hospital in Raipur, where he died.
While auto-rickshaw driver Badri Narayan Sahu (38) also died at the VSS Medical College Hospital at Burla on the same day, Pravasini Behera (26) from Badabazar also died of the disease at the AMRI Hospital in Bhubaneswar in the evening after giving birth to a baby girl.Sources in the Sadar Hospital in Sambalpur said a total of 1,904 patients had come to outdoor ward on Monday of which seven were tested positive. Besides, two patients each at the VSS Medical College Hospital and a private hospital in Sambalpur were also tested positive, reports said.