The children were brought in with similar complaints of diarrhoea, vomiting and dehydration.
Seven children die after drinking dirty water in India(VOA News)
The deaths of seven disabled
children are thought to be linked to contaminated drinking water at a
government home for people with special needs in northern India, officials said on Friday.
Since
April 21, a total of 15 children aged between 8 and 12 years have been
admitted to a nearby hospital in Jaipur city after falling ill.
Meanwhile, a probe was ordered to investigate the deaths.
"The children were brought in with similar complaints of diarrhoea, vomiting and dehydration.
"Most of them went into septic shock, which can be a result of toxins or sometimes a result of bacterial infection in the body,’’ hospital superintendent Ashok Gupta, said.
Police
said that preliminary investigations showed the children had fallen ill
after consuming dirty water but autopsy reports have yet to reveal the
exact cause.
A report released by International
Charity Water Aid said India had the world's highest number of people
without access to clean water at 76 million.
"These people are forced to buy water at high prices or use supplies that were unsafe for consumption,’’ the report said.
The
deaths have been reported as a searing heatwave prevails over large
swathes of the country and 330 million people, and over a quarter of the
country's population is affected by drought.
Indian
media estimate that nearly 250 people had died in the heatwave since
late March, particularly in the southern and eastern regions.
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