Ludhiana, Sept. 10 -- The local health department dispatched a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to Ward no 24 of Khanna after two gastroenteritis deaths were reported.

Two children from a family have been reported to have died of gastroenteritis in Khanna.

On September 4 a one-and-a-half year old child was brought dead to the Sub-Divisional Hospital in Khanna. "He was brought dead to the hospital. His parents said that he was suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea for the last few days. These are the symptoms of gastroenteritis," said Senior Medical Officer (SMO) SDH Samrala Dr Maninider Singh Bhasin.

On September 8, his six-year-old sister was also brought to the hospital with similar complaints. Since her condition was critical she was refer...