Youth dies after consuming medicine given at govt health camp

A 35-year-old youth died under mysterious circumstances after consuming medicine provided in a government health camp in Gharghoda town in the district, police said today.
The youth, identified as Santosh Das Mahant, was suffering from tuberculosis and attended the government health camp at Faguram village, Raigarh Chief Medical and Health Officer H S Urrav said.
After consuming medicine at the camp, he went home, where his health worsened. He was rushed to hospital, where he died, the official said.
He said the medicine and treatment given to the youth was not flawed and that his death was natural.
The deceased's family has alleged that he died after consuming the medicine given to him at the camp, he said.

Meanwhile, district Youth Congress members yesterday protested at the camp site. They alleged negligence on the part of the doctors who provided services in the camp, which was held as a precursor to an upcoming mega health camp to be organized in the memory of a BJP leader.
Congress MLA Umesh Patel demanded a judicial probe into the incident and suitable compensation to the kin of the deceased.