Suspected Contaminated Milk Kills Woman in Kakinada, Hospitalizes 10

An 85-year-old woman died and 10 others were hospitalized after developing symptoms of acute renal failure, suspected to have been caused by the consumption of contaminated milk in parts of East Godavari district. 

The deceased was identified as Tadi Krishna Veni of Chowdeeswar Nagar. She died while undergoing treatment at the Kakinada Government General Hospital.

The other affected persons, all aged above 60, belong to Chowdeeswar Nagar, Swaroop Nagar, and Diwancheruvu areas near Lalacheruvu.

Health officials said the patients were



admitted to four private hospitals in Rajamahendravaram with symptoms of near-total absence of urine (anuria). Following alerts from a private hospital, the district medical and health department launched an investigation. 

District Medical and Health Officer K. Venkateswara Rao said preliminary findings pointed to acute renal failure rather than an infectious disease. Field-level inquiries revealed that all affected persons had consumed milk supplied by the same trader from Korukonda mandal. 

The milk trader has been taken into police custody for questioning.