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Jul 23, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau The Minister of State for Health, Ashwini Kumar Choubey said the central teams have visited Assam between June 30-July 1 and July 8-10 to review the situation and provide technical assistance to the state.
Jul 23, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau Japanese Encephalitis (JE) deaths were reported from Goalpara, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Dhubri, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar districts.
The state health department has put an ‘emergency situation’ over leaves for doctors. Health officials have also been put on hold till September 30 in order to combat the situation.
Jun 29, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau Tejashwi Yadav is also facing backlash over his absence from the state at a time when Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has claimed the lives of 132 children in Muzzafarpur.
The unfortunate incident occurred at the Sadar Hospital where the father had brought his child after he complained of fever and abdominal pain.
Relatives of persons named in the FIR say they had only organised a protest. Our children have died... We protested and the administration has filed an FIR against us only, a woman said.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate's (CJM), Suryakant Tiwari ordered the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ADJM) to investigate the charges, based on a case filed by social activist Tamanna Hashmi.
Over 100 children have died in Bihar's Muzaffarpur due to the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES).
The Health Department had deployed Dr Bhimsen Kumar, a paediatrician at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) to SKMCH on 19 June after the AES outbreak.
More than 130 children have died in Bihar's Muzaffarpur due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), a deadly disease that strikes the region year after year.
The Muzaffarpur administration updated the toll reported at the SKMCH hospital to 95 from 93, a figure released in the morning.
Outbreaks of the acute neurological illness with high mortality among children occur annually in Muzaffarpur, the country's largest litchi cultivation region.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on June 24 a plea seeking a direction to urgently constitute a team of medical experts for treatment of children.
On Wednesday, when a reporter asked senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh where Tejashvi was, he first said he had little knowledge about former deputy chief minister's whereabouts.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, who was away in New Delhi since Saturday, returned to Patna on Monday evening and held an emergency review meeting on the AES situation with officials.
Over 90 children, at the time of interaction with reporters, had already passed away due to the suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and the state of Bihar was reeling under a severe health crisis.
Nitish Kumar, accompanied by Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, visited the state-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, where they met children undergoing treatment and also their parents, a district health official said.
Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey was visiting the state-owned Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital in the Muzaffarnagar district, to meet the families of the children suffering from the deadly disease.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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