Milk adulteration in A.P.: 15 persons still critical, toxicology reports awaited

The health condition of 15 persons, including seven women and three children below five years, who are undergoing treatment in private hospitals for acute renal failure after alleged consumption of adulterated milk in Rajamahendravaram, remains critical.

By Wednesday, five people have died of acute renal failure linked to the consumption of adulterated milk. 

These 15 survivors are among 106 families who consumed milk supplied by the same vendor between February 16 and 18. Five-month-old Mallareddy Ruhanya Rudri Taarvi is the youngest survivor who has been on ventilator support since on February 22. 

In a health bulletin released by East Godavari District Collector Kirthi Chekuri on Wednesday, the results of the samples being tested in various laboratories were awaited.

The surveillance samples of milk and ghee collected from the houses of the 106 families are being tested in the VIMTA laboratory, Hyderabad and the Food Testing Laboratory in JNTU-Kakinada. The Veterinary Biological Research Institute (VBRI-Vijayawada) is yet to submit its findings of toxicology analysis being done on the 41 samples of dry and green fodder and water fed to the cattle at the dairy of the milk vendor.