Kolhapur (Maharashtra): More than 500 new cases of jaundice have been reported from the textile town of Ichalkaranji in Kolhapur district in the last four days and the disease has killed at least 12 people in the last one month, officials said on Monday.
Kolhapur health department suspect that the consumption of contaminated water of Panchganga river by the people is the cause behind the recent rise in cases of jaundice in Ichalkaranji.
“Since May 15, there have been 3,803 cases of jaundice in the city and so far 12 people have already succumbed to the disease,” a city health official told IANS.
Ichalkaranji is 40 km from the district headquarters of Kolhapur ... http://www.firstpost.com/mumbai/jaundice-outbreak-in-maharashtra-12-dead-3000-affected-348985.html
