Overview
- The commission issued a notice to the Gujarat chief secretary and asked for details on current patient status and measures to prevent recurrence.
- The state health department confirmed 70 active cases concentrated in one area, while the municipal corporation cited 133 suspected cases, largely students, with 88 hospitalised, 45 discharged, and no deaths reported.
- Authorities identified seven leak points in the water pipeline network that allowed sewage to mix with the supply, exposing flaws in the newly laid system.
- Emergency steps include a 30-bed paediatric ward at Gandhinagar Civil Hospital, 75 health teams conducting door-to-door checks, and large-scale distribution of chlorine tablets and ORS after surveying over 1.58 lakh residents.
- Officials and fact-checks emphasized the situation is localized to Gandhinagar and does not indicate a nationwide typhoid outbreak.