Unraveling a Mysterious Disease in Jammu and Kashmir


Badhaal Village is gripped by fear as a mysterious disease spreads, leaving residents paralyzed and anxious.

Another child succumbed to a mysterious illness today in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, taking the death toll to 13. So far, since December 2024, a total of 13 people, including many children from Badhaal village in the Kotranka subdivision of Rajouri, have died of this mysterious disease. The thirteenth victim of the mysterious illness was a child who died while receiving treatment at a local hospital.

An unexplained illness takes over the entire village

Widespread fear and panic have gripped Badhaal village as locals have been battling this mysterious disease for over a month now. What has increased the fear of the villagers is the fact that the victims do not belong to a single family in the village and that all households are deeply concerned about the well-being of their inhabitants.

Doctors still do not know the exact cause of this mysterious disease and only treat patients symptomatically. Rajouri Government Medical College Principal Dr Ashutosh Gupta told reporters that preliminary results suggest that it is a viral infection, but nothing conclusive can be said without the final results.

Teams of experts from National Institute of Virology, Pune, PGI Chandigarh, National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and AIIMS Delhi have reached Badhaal village to help local doctors monitor the disease and check its spread. “These teams are conducting extensive field studies and collecting samples for laboratory analysis. The involvement of these institutions underscores the seriousness of the situation and the commitment to identifying and addressing the cause,” officials said.

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Top officials and doctors of several major hospitals of Jammu city also visited Badhaal to help investigations to identify the pathogen causing these mysterious deaths. The Minister of State for Health and Medical Education, Sakina Itoo, has been overseeing the process of identifying pathogens and treating patients suffering from this mysterious disease.

Source-IANS



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