Mystery disease: Andhra CM asks official to seek experts view in Eluru

Eluru (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 7 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed officials and ministers dealing with the mysterious illness which swept across pockets of Eluru and Dendaluru in West Godavari district to take the observations of some reputed institutes for further analysis on Monday.
The AP government has asked for experts from National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to study the disease which local officials could not decipher.
On Monday, Reddy visited Eluru government hospital and interacted with almost all the patients admitted there for treatment.
Information and Public Relations Minister Perni Venkatramaiah said the CM asked patients as to how they got the illness, what kind of relief was provided to them.
“He asked the doctors what medicines they were using, took the details of the number of people shifted and why? He said that continuous monitoring should happen by the ward secretariats,” said Venkatramaiah.
According to the minister, Reddy instructed that discharged patients should not be left alone, directing a month’s follow up and monitoring by the health department.