Four dead after consuming ‘adulterated’ milk in Andhra Pradesh
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Four persons have died of acute renal failure after consuming allegedly adulterated milk in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajamahendravaram city, The Hindu reported on Monday.
The deaths, including three senior citizens, took place between Saturday and Monday, the newspaper quoted the East Godavari district administration as saying.
At least eight other persons had fallen ill after consuming the milk, the administration was quoted as saying. They are suffering from anuria, or the failure of the kidneys to produce urine, and are undergoing treatment in Rajamahendravaram and Kakinada, The Hindu reported.
Three of them are children below the age of four and are critical, the newspaper quoted doctors as saying.
The symptoms of renal failure began a day after the festival of Maha Shivratri, which was on February 15, The Times of India quoted residents as saying.
District Collector Kirthi Chekuri told The Hindu that the persons had consumed milk supplied by the same vendor, who has been detained for questioning.
The milk had been procured from more than 40 dairy farmers and was being supplied to over 100 families. All persons who died and are ill are from the same area of the city.
Samples have been collected from 75 families, the chief minister’s office said.
The samples of the milk and the fodder given to the cattle have been sent for forensic tests.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu reviewed the matter on Monday.
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