Jammu, June 29 -- A 75-year-old woman with co-morbidities died of diarrhoea and over a dozen were taken ill in Rajouri's Sakri village, prompting health authorities to send a team of doctors to the village on Friday, said officials. Chief medical officer of Rajouri, Dr Manohar Rana said that 75-year-old Vidya Devi died Saturday morning around 4.30 am. "The patient had a co-morbidities of hypertension with diabetes," he said. Principal of the Government Medical College, Rajouri, Dr AS Bhatia said since Friday, a total of 26 patients with gastroenteritis were hospitalised at the district hospital. "Four with acute renal failure had to be sent to the GMC Jammu because we don't have nephrologist in Rajouri hospital. Two patients, who had improved, left on their own. Fourteen others have recovered fully and were discharged. For now, we have six patients in the Rajouri hospital, who are being treated." "We had sent a team of doctors which screened the villagers and also collected water samples from the village," he added. The health department has also attributed the outbreak to water contamination after E.coli was found in water samples from the area. htc...