Rise in Japanese Encephalitis cases raise concern in Assam
August 06, 2023 20:34 ISTWHO defines Japanese Encephalitis as a virus related to dengue, yellow fever, and West Nile viruses and is spread by mosquitos.
WHO defines Japanese Encephalitis as a virus related to dengue, yellow fever, and West Nile viruses and is spread by mosquitos.
The state government has additionally given a monetary guide of Rs 1 lakh to every patient going through treatment at private medical clinics.
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Japanese Encephalitis: The battle against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Uttar Pradesh will now be more colourful and interesting. The state Cultural Department will organise puppet shows and street plays to raise awareness among people on the prevention of the killer virus that primarily affects children. For the first time, the Cultural Department will join the Health Department in combating the virus in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
One more child died in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday due to AES. The recent death took place in the Kejriwal hospital. The death toll has reached 132 in the district.
The state, however, said things were under control and that the government had taken steps to prevent more deaths.
The syndrome is currently listed under the 'unknown category'.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's aerial survey of heat-wave struck districts assumes significance as hot weather is also considered to be one of the factors responsible for Encephalitis. Encephalitis is triggered by biochemical imbalance in the body.
The Congress on Wednesday described the deaths of children in Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) as a "national tragedy," saying that the Centre and state government were insensitive and unprepared.
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has cliamed more than 100 lives in Bihar. Supreme Court will hear a plea seeing its direction to Centre to constitute a team of medical experts.
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.
Kumar was addressing media over the encephalitis outbreak in Bihar, which has led to deaths of over 100 children.
Ajay Nishad said, "Most of the affected children belong to poor families because they are exposed to hot and humid conditions which are responsible for the disease."
The main agenda of the meeting would be to discuss the cause, effect and possible solution to the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) which has, by now, taken at least 100 lives in Muzaffarpur.
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.
According to PTI report, children in Muzaffarpur died fall prey to hypoglycaemia, a condition caused by a very low level of blood sugar and electrolyte imbalance.
The medical department has been directed to provide more ventilators and warmers to the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, he said, adding paramedic staff were being trained to combat the disease.
Riteish Deshmukh questioned the responsibility of Indian citizens in one of his three tweets that he posted on Twitter.
60 children have lost their lives in Gorakhpur due to a number of reasons among which is the infections arising out of encephalitis
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