Leaves of doctors and paramedics at GMC Rajouri have been cancelled due to a medical alert after 17 deaths from a mysterious illness in Badhaal village. Relatives have been moved to an isolation center, and the village is now a containment zone. Investigations are ongoing into toxins found in the victims' samples, involving central teams and police probes.
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