Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) Spreads Outside Muzaffarpur In Bihar

Patna: After 118 children died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur districts of Bihar, more than two dozen cases of AES deaths have been reported from other districts of Bihar in the last twenty four hours. According to health officials here, the deaths have been reported from Patna, Bhagalpur, Banka, Sitamarhi, Samastipur, East Champaran and West Champaran. As per the official figures, so far 96 children died in Muzaffarpur’s state-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), 16 in private Kejriwal hospital, two in Nalanda Medical College Hospital in Patna among others. A senior health official in Muzaffarpur on Thursday, however, said that the situation has been improving here. (IANS)

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