Pilgrims suffering from medical problems after returning from Prayagraj: Senior doctor
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine, at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital said they were definitely seeing people with medical problems who are coming back from Mahakumbh mela at Prayagraj where so many people are taking a dip in the water. The number of people who are coming with medical problems is much less as compared to the volume of people that are going over there. That way, I think the control is very good, but yes, people are definitely coming with something like what we call gastroenteritis, where they're having loose motions, vomiting, and all that.” According to him, the pilgrims are having a fever of unspecific or unspecified origin. “When you go to such a crowded place, and then you take a dip, which might be at 3 a.m. in the morning, you can get exposed to this cold.People should carry their own water, maybe water from home or maybe bottles of water, and they should drink water from a good place or carry their own bottles,” he said.
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