In a bit of unfortunate news, a 48-year-old man from Thalavady in Kuttanad, Alappuzha district, Kerala, passed away due to cholera at a private hospital in Thiruvalla on a Friday morning. The man, identified as Raghu P.G. from Ward VI in Thalavady grama panchayat, had some underlying health issues – what we call comorbidities. He first got admitted to a private hospital with a mix of fever and diarrhea. But as things took a turn for the worse, he was moved to the hospital in Thiruvalla for further treatment.
Health officials and the local panchayat wasted no time in kicking off disease surveillance and sanitization procedures in Thalavady. They made sure to collect water samples from wells and other waterbodies in the area for testing. It’s not the first time we’re hearing about a cholera-related death in Kerala this year. Just last month, a 63-year-old man named Ajai Chandran from Kowdiar in Thiruvananthapuram also lost his life to this disease. So, it seems like this is becoming a bit of a trend, unfortunately.
