Many under treatment at different hospitals
KALLAKURICHI & CHENNAI, June 20, 2024 (TBINN)
Thirty-four people died after consuming illicit ‘packet arrack’ in Kallakurichi, District Collector M.S. Prasanth said today.
Speaking to reporters in Kallakurichi, the top district official said that 109 people are being treated in a number of hospitals and the status of those in a critical stage ‘keeps changing’ and it would be up-dated later.
Sufficient medial professionals, including specialists have from nearby government medical colleges been deployed in the district to handle the situation, even as more number of ambulances with life-support have been stationed, District Collector added.
In state’s capital Chennai, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly today paid tributes to the victims of Kallakurichi who died after consuming spurious liquor, those died in Kuwait’s blaze and former legislators who passed away.
The brief session commenced with Speaker M. Appavu making obituary references to the departed and members of the House observed a minute’s silence as a mark of respect.
Expressing shock over the deaths in the illicit liquor consumption case, the Speaker said the state government was taking steps to contain the sale of spurious liquor and following the incident, Chief Minister M K Stalin initiated steps to provide medical treatment to the affected.
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