18 Dagestan residents required hospitalization due to poisoning

110 people sought medical attention in the Magaramkent region with symptoms of poisoning, 18 of them were hospitalized. Doctors assess the patients' condition as mild to moderate.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, in five settlements of the Magaramkent district (Magaramkent, Kuysun, Gilar, Gaptsakh and Verkhniy Tagirkent) there was mass poisoning of residents, according to a preliminary assessment by Rospotrebnadzor, with drinking water.

Over the past 24 hours, 110 people have sought treatment at the district hospital with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, fever and diarrhea, of which 18 have been hospitalized. All of them have mild to moderate cases of the disease, there are no severe cases, the Dagestan Ministry of Health reported today.

In the villages of the district, door-to-door visits are being carried out, as well as a set of anti-epidemic measures, the department reported on its Telegram channel.

Prosecutor Said Mugadov of Magaramkent district reported that minors were hospitalized, according to a video published on the Telegram channel of the Dagestan prosecutor's office.

The Magaramkent district administration had not commented on the poisoning on its Telegram channel by 10:45 Moscow time.

Earlier, "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that at the beginning of June 2024, at least 228 people were hospitalized in Buinaksk after mass poisoning. On June 11, the Rospotrebnadzor administration announced that tap water was the source of mass infection of city residents, and several intestinal infections were found in six of the sick: dysentery, norovirus, and rotavirus. Mass poisonings in the city are occurring due to sewage entering worn-out water supply networks and illegal taps into the water supply system, Dagestani specialists have indicated. In March, the case of the former acting director of Buinakskvodokanal was transferred to court.

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