Indore. Another patient died on Friday due to the disease spread due to drinking contaminated water in Bhagirathpura area of ​​Indore city of Madhya Pradesh. After this, the death toll due to contaminated water in the area has increased to 31.

The deceased has been identified as 72-year-old Eknath Suryavanshi. According to family members, Eknath Suryavanshi was first admitted to Shelby Hospital on 29 December 2025 after complaining of vomiting and diarrhea, where there was no improvement in his condition and he was referred to Bombay Hospital on 3 January 2026. Here on January 4, when his health deteriorated, he was shifted to ventilator. His treatment lasted for about 30 days, in which he remained on ventilator for more than 25 days. On Thursday evening, his family discharged him with their consent and took him home, where he died on Friday.

According to doctors, both the kidneys of Eknath Suryavanshi had failed, the liver was bad and the effect of the disease had reached the heart and brain. Contaminated water resulted in multi-organ failure in most of the patients.

After this death in Indore, the death toll has reached 31. The deceased included Urmila Yadav (69), Nandlal Pal (75), Uma Kori (31), Manjula (74), Tarabai Kori (60), Gomti Rawat (50), Seema Prajapat (50), Jeevan Lal Barede (80), Avyan Sahu (5 months), Shankar Bhaya (70), Santosh Bigolia (72), Arvind Likhar (40), Geetabai (60), Ashok Lal Panwar (70), Omprakash Sharma (69), Harkunwar Bai (75), Ramkali, Sumitra Bai (50), Shravan Khuprao (81), Hiralal (65), Sunita Verma (49), Kamala Bai (59), Bhagwandas (64), Shubhadrabai (78), Hemant Gaikwad (51), Vidya Bai (82), Badri Prasad (63), Rajaram Bourasi (75), Khubchand (63), Lakshmi Rajak (62) and Eknath Suryavanshi (75).

Here, in the Bhagirathpura contaminated water case, so far more than 450 patients have been discharged after treatment. At present four patients are admitted in the hospital, out of which three are being treated in the ICU of Bombay Hospital and one in Aurobindo Hospital. The primary health center in the area is still operational 24 hours and two ambulances have been deployed. At present, only one or two mild cases of diarrhea are being reported, but despite the situation improving, the residents of the area are still scared.