Rourkela, May 30: Unnatural death of as many as 14 persons in Oidsha’s Rourkela on Thursday within a few hours has wreaked panic in the area.
Of the deceased, at least 1o were reportedly received dead in the RGH Hospital in the Steel City where as other 4 were from different parts of the Sundaragarh district said health department sources.
Though the exact reason behind the sudden death of the people is yet to be ascertained, the treating doctors suspect it due to the sunstroke, for the unbearable heatwave the district witnessed today.
However, the health complications behind the death of the people will be ascertained after autopsy.
Details about the casualties have been reported to police and the district administration. A medical committee has been constituted to take stock of the matter, said the ADMO RGH.
Details awaited…..