Mystery illness that hospitalised hundreds in India stumps health experts
Authorities are looking at pesticide contamination of food and water as well as heavy metals
An unknown illness that has put hundreds of people in hopsital in India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state has left doctors and experts baffled.
One person has died and over 600 fell ill as the disease swept through the town of Eluru on 5 December. Most reported similar symptoms – such as seizures, headaches and vomiting. Eluru is home to over 200,000 people, and is known for rice cultivation, aquaculture and its weaving industry. A week after the incident, no new cases have been reported and most of those taken ill have been discharged from hospital.