bangalore it was chief minister b s yeddyurappas turn to take stock of the situation at the beggars rehabilitation centre on saturday and he echoed his home minister v s acharyas point of view that preexisting ailments of inmates were responsible for their deathsyeddyurappa visited the centre on magadi road in the morning and spent two hours assessing the living conditions there he then announced a slew of measures to improve facilities and declared that food poisoning was not the cause for the deaths lab results do not indicate food poisoning doctors said many inmates were already ailing and died due to thisregretting the 23 deaths yeddyurappa said i believe the centre is illequipped within a months time we will ensure an improved and comfortable place for inmatespromises galorethe cm promised to arrange for additional medical staff including four doctors and 810 nurses to support the lone doctor and pharmacist he said the government is willing to consider supplying quality food by any interested ngoyeddyurappa instructed the bbmp to ensure 24hour cauvery water supply to the centre better drinking water provision supply of hot water for bathing and proper water supply for washing cleaning and keeping the dormitories clean and hygienicthe cm said an extra dormitory more bathrooms and toilets will be built to accomodate more homeless people i have constituted an inquiry panel and sought a report i will revisit the centre to ensure all promises made today are implemented yeddyurappa saidthe centre will henceforth segregate healthy and ailing people to prevent spread of ailments also a medical profile of every new entrant will be created to ensure proper treatment he addedit wasnt food poisoningdr g harimurthy doctor at the rehab centre said medical results have confirmed gastroenteritis as the reason for the inmates ailments and not food poisoning inmates are undergoing treatment at isolation and victoria hospitals food poisoning would have affected all inmates many died due to natural causes like preexisting medical ailments the doctor said