Number of deaths due to alcohol consumption in Kallakurichi increased to 63. More than a hundred people are receiving continuous treatment.
It is said that a large number of people drank fake alcohol mixed with methanol on the 18th and 19th in Kallakurichi and Karunapuram area. All those affected were admitted to Kallakurichi, Salem, Villupuram District Government Hospitals and Puducherry Jibmar Hospital for treatment. It is reported that a total of 225 people have sought hospitals after consuming poisonous liquor.
While many people who have consumed poisoned liquor are dying without treatment, the death toll in this incident has increased to 63 so far. While 58 people had died till yesterday, Ramanathan (62) and Yesudas, who were admitted to Puducherry Jipmar Hospital, died this morning (June 26) at Ranjith Kumar Salem Government Hospital in Karunapuram. One more person died as of 1 pm today. The death toll has risen to 63.
It has been officially announced by the district administration that 74 persons have recovered and have now returned home, while 88 persons are still undergoing treatment in hospitals. It has been announced by the district administration that all necessary treatments are being provided to those undergoing treatment.
While 62 people have already died in the Kallakurichi poisoned liquor case, the 52-year-old Sarath, who was undergoing treatment at the Salem Government Medical College Hospital, has died due to treatment and thus the death toll in the Kallakurichi poisoned liquor case has increased to 63, the district administration has announced.
