Four persons have died and 18 others were hospitalised, eight of them in critical condition, after consuming spurious liquor in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district, officials said on Wednesday.
Four bootleggers have been detained in this connection, they said, adding that the victims had consumed duplicate liquor of a popular Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) brand.
“People from other villages and areas within Bhavnagar city have also been affected. He also appealed to all those in the affected areas who consumed IMFL of a particular brand in the last four days to get themselves examined at the nearest hospital or Sir T Hospital in Bhavnagar, regardless of whether they are showing symptoms. Teams of doctors from Sir T Hospital and Ahmedabad’s kidney hospital IKDRC are also being sent to free treatment camps running at private hospitals to provide supervision. The SP also appealed to other people who had consumed alcohol from duplicate liquor bottles to consult a doctor even if they had not suffered from any adverse health condition.
In total, 22 people are impacted. 18 others are currently undergoing treatment,” he told reporters While four persons have died.
“Of the 18 people undergoing treatment, medical reports indicate that two are in critical condition, four are in the ICU, two are on ventilators, while 10 others are stable,” he said. The collector said that one person from Surat was currently undergoing treatment there, while the person from Jamnagar is asymptomatic. A man subsequently died, and six others were admitted to various hospitals in Bhavnagar for treatment, he said.
