Adilabad district of Telangana is facing a big problem due to
several incidents of habitual drinkers of toddy and liquor falling sick and
nearly 20 persons including women died till now due to alcohol withdrawal
symptoms. Even family members of the patients are experiencing
this kind of situation for the first time.
Four habitual drinkers died in a single day in
Nirmal town on Saturday and it shows the severity of the situation. Some of the
habitual drinkers even committed suicide with the alcohol withdrawal
symptoms.
The incidents of habitual drinkers falling sick and
behaving differently first reported in Kamole village in Bhainsa where
villagers boycotted liquor in any form and its sales and later the incidents
reported from Basar village where five persons died and nearly 400 habitual
drinkers including women hospitalized.
Subsequently, 13 habitual drinkers died and large
number of patients admitted to government and private hospital in Nirmal town
and one habitual drinker died in Khanapur in the recent past.
This situation arose with the surprise raids on gudumba
and adulterated toddy manufacturing centres and closing them by officials of excise
department under the instruction from the state government just after reviewing
its decision to introduce cheap liquor in the state.
The state government or district administration drew
criticism from the people for not taking up any exercise to tackle the
situation arise before going to crackdown adulterated toddy and gudumba. The
officials concerned have failed in opening de-addiction centres to deal with
the situation.
Nirmal area hospital has become another Erragadda
hospital where many patients are behaving differently and are admitted and tied
to beds. According to medical experts, habitual drinkers are
behaving differently as their body was not getting sufficient dose of drug though
medicines to that of adulterated toddy.
Even, small dose of medicines Diazepam and
Clonazepam tables proved to be futile being given to the habitual drinkers undergoing
treatment at many government and private hospitals in the district. These
tablets will be given to the patients suffering from anxiety, disorders alcohol
withdrawal symptoms.
It is said that the toddy manufactures add certain drugs
to toddy to ensure kick to the drinkers habituated to the adulated toddy over
the years.
More number of adulterated toddy related deaths
reported in slums where nearly 10,000 habitual drinkers and majority of them daily
wage laborers living in the Nirmal town alone and their number was pegged at
50,000 in the Nirmal division.
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