According to District Health officials, two of the six children admitted at the Shri Krishna Memorial College Hospital (SKMCH) are critical. "Four children are undergoing treatment in the general ward, while two are in the Intensive Care Unit," officials said.
Since January, AES has claimed the lives of 49 people. The order was issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department, in order to effectively deal with the situation of rising AES/JE cases.
The Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 150 children during the month.
Hours ahead of the Monsoon session of the Bihar Assembly on Friday, posters appeared in Patna blaming the NDA government for the death of over 150 children in Muzaffarpur due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and the complete collapse of law and order in the state.
Out of the total 152 deaths due to brain fever across 20 districts in Bihar, 130 deaths were reported at the two Muzaffarpur-based hospitals, which have been admitting AES patients from nearly half a dozen districts in its proximity.
AES or chamki fever has spread to 16 districts in Bihar. Maximum child deaths have been reported from Muzaffarpur.
Maximum number of child deaths have been reported from SKMCH in Muzaffarpur, where children are being treated for Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).
India TV's medical expert, Dr Shekhar Vashishth, says while the litchi toxin is proven to be harmful for children, the main causes of the sudden spike in death toll are the extreme weather and unhygienic conditions.
Bihar's AES data summary looks more like a repeat of 2017 when a major JEV outbreak in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur claimed the lives of many children.
With eleven more child dying of suspected AES in Muzaffarpur on Sunday morning, the death toll of children in the district rose to 93 this month.
The death toll from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar rose to 77 on Saturday as 20 more children died, health officials said.
Nine more children died due to brain fever taking the toll to 63, though the official maintain that the the cause of death is hypoglycemia.
Seven more children died of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome-like symptoms in Bihar in last 24 hours, taking the toll to 43 even as new cases are being reported, officials said on Thursday.
Kolkata: One person died on Friday from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), a health official said. One person from Basirhat died because of AES at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours,
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