All suffered chest pain & cough: Alarm after 13 mystery deaths in Chhattisgarh village

A mysterious illness has claimed 13 lives in a month in Sukma’s Dhanikorta village, Chhattisgarh. Sukma’s health officials attribute the deaths to dehydration caused by weather changes during mahua harvesting. Health teams are conducting door-to-door surveys and giving ORS to affected villagers to prevent further casualties.

​A mysterious illness has claimed 13 lives in a month in Sukma’s Dhanikorta village, Chhattisgarh. Sukma’s health officials attribute the deaths to dehydration caused by weather changes during mahua harvesting. Health teams are conducting door-to-door surveys and giving ORS to affected villagers to prevent further casualties.