Muzaffarpur: Encephalitis death toll mounts to 96

MuzaffarpurAs many as 96 children have lost their lives due to acute encephalitis syndrome AES officials said on MondayBihar Death toll due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome AES in Muzaffarpur rises to 93 pictwittercomAI1RzBkjpimdash ANI ANI June 16 2019According to official data 79 children have died in Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital SKMCH while 17 have lost their lives in Kejriwal hospital in the city In the wake of fatalities due to AES Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had earlier announced an exgratia of Rs 4 lakh each to families of the deceasedDeath toll due to encephalitis reaches 93 in Muzaffarpur and adjoining areas of Bihar Over 100 children undergoing treatment in hospitalsmdash All India Radio News airnewsalerts June 16 2019He had also given directions to the Health Department district administration and doctors to take necessary measures to fight the disease AES is a viral disease which causes mild flulike symptoms such as high fever convulsions and headachesSuresh Sharma Bihar Minister on death in Muzaffarpur due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome AES Government has been working from the beginning There is no lack of medicines However there are lack of beds and ICUs as compared to the emergency situation at present pictwittercomMRoUb8PC6Kmdash ANI ANI June 16 2019Randeep Guleria Director AIIMS on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Bihar Unfortunately encephalitis is common in Biharampmany researches are being done Our aim is to get a control over the deaths Both AIIMSamp Central govt are ready to help for development of health infrastructure pictwittercomH34eJw6BBcmdash ANI ANI June 16 2019Bihar Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan amp MoS Health Ashwini Choubey meet patients amp their families at Sri Krishna Medical CollegeampHospital in Muzaffarpur So far 80 people have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome AES in Muzaffarpur pictwittercomzQA1q3Pp6nmdash ANI ANI June 16 2019Last week Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey had said a team that was formed to ascertain the cause of this disease concluded that sleeping empty stomach at night dehydration due to humidity and eating lychee on empty stomach were some of the causes of encephalitisTop five news stories of the dayMumbai Crime Powai police arrest pervert exprofessor for stalking harassing studentThe Powai police on Saturday arrested a man who formerly worked as a professor at a premier engineering institute in the city for allegedly sending lewd messages and videos to one of his exstudents The accused identified as Vijay Deshmukh had been fired from the institute in 2018 following the students complaint to its womens cell But he resurfaced in her life recently after she returned from South Korea following which she filed a police complaint against him Read moreMumbai trashes BMCs successful ban claims as city vendors still use banned plasticLife is plastic and fantastic for Mumbai once again While the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC have been making tall claims regarding the effective implementation of the plastic ban a test drive by midday at various markets in the city has revealed a very different picture Close to a year since the state implemented the ban plastic bags are still being freely handed out in the open market Read full storyFemale leopard that attacked two kids found dead in ThaneThe decomposed carcass of a 10yearold female leopard that attacked two children a couple of days back was found in the forest patch in Murbad Thane on Saturday The children were attacked when they had gone to the forest with their grandmother to collect firewood and fruits in Karpewadi forest on Friday afternoon Read full storyMumbai A year and Rs 334 crore later Gokhale Bridge opens upAlmost after a year since repair work started Andheris Gokhale Bridge was fully opened to the public on Sunday morning The work which started in July last year after the cantilever footpath on the southern end of the bridge collapsed was carried out at a cost of R334 crore Soon after the incident Western Railway WR had undertaken a safety audit of the bridge with help from IITBombay following which major repair and strengthening works had been identified Read full storyMaharashtra radiologists to join doctors stirThe Maharashtra State Branch of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association MSBIRIA has decided to support the striking doctors in West Bengal To show their solidarity with them members of the association have decided to shut all radiodiagnostic modalities like sonography Xray CT scan MRI etc for 24 hours across the state from 6 am today Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates