AES (Acute Encephalitis Syndrome) outbreak: Mechanism and cure
Recovery can be achieved in three days i.e. 72 hours in three stages- stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3.
Recovery can be achieved in three days i.e. 72 hours in three stages- stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3.
Members demanded the resignation of state Health Minister Mangal Pandey over the death of 154 children.
The disease has reportedly killed over 150 children in Bihar over the past one month, although officials have confirmed a lower number of deaths.
Meanwhile, the department has taken up surveillance of Streptococcus pneumonia (SP) on children in the age group of one month and 59 months under projects funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The disease has reportedly killed over 150 children in Bihar over the past three weeks although officials have confirmed a lower number of deaths.
Small wonder that the AES mortality rate has been 25 per cent this year, against the normal average of between 6 and 19 per cent.
SKMCH is currently battling with an influx of cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) with the hospital already reporting 108 deaths in the last three weeks.
The disease has reportedly killed over 150 children in Bihar over the past three weeks although officials have confirmed a lower number of deaths.
So far, more than 115 children have died over a period of 20 days with a majority of the victims from the Dalit and poor families.
The disease has reportedly killed over 150 children in Bihar over the past one fortnight although the officials confirm only 113 deaths.
