Bhubaneswar, Aug 31 - A team of medical experts Monday visited the Kalahandi district of Orissa to take stock of the situation after an outbreak of diarrhoea killed 24 people there and hit thousands over the past one month.

'A three member team led by Uma Chawla, joint director of National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), reached the region Monday. They are visiting the affected areas,' joint director of state health department Bikash Patnaik told IANS.

The outbreak was first reported early this month from a hamlet in Kalahandi, about 450 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, and it later spread to dozens of nearby villages.

Patnaik said doctors have treated hundreds of people in hospitals and temporary camps set up at various places during the past 30 days.