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Govt doing nothing to check encephalitis.: RJD
TNN 24 October 2009, 05:11am IST
PATNA: The RJD on Friday accused the state government of being insensitive to the plight of the poor whose children were dying due
to encephalitis.
"Around 28 children have died in Gaya district alone due to encephalitis while 14 children are admitted to the hospital. Anti-encephalitis vaccine is not available at the hospital there. The civil surgeon told me that vaccine would be available only after Chhath," said RJD MLA Shakeel Ahmad Khan. He said that the first case of encephalitis in Gaya was detected on August 1. "Why have they not made the anti-encephalitis vaccine available till now?" he asked, urging chief minister Nitish Kumar to visit the Gaya hospital himself and take action against persons who failed to take preventive measures.
Khan said 130 children are reported to have died due to encephalitis in Haveli Kharagpur block of Munger district. There has been no DDT spray before the rainy season to check the spread of mosquitoes, he alleged.
"I find it surprising that while the government reacts strongly to diseases like swine flu, it has failed to react to encephalitis," Khan said.
Govt doing nothing to check encephalitis.: RJD
TNN 24 October 2009, 05:11am IST
PATNA: The RJD on Friday accused the state government of being insensitive to the plight of the poor whose children were dying due
to encephalitis.
"Around 28 children have died in Gaya district alone due to encephalitis while 14 children are admitted to the hospital. Anti-encephalitis vaccine is not available at the hospital there. The civil surgeon told me that vaccine would be available only after Chhath," said RJD MLA Shakeel Ahmad Khan. He said that the first case of encephalitis in Gaya was detected on August 1. "Why have they not made the anti-encephalitis vaccine available till now?" he asked, urging chief minister Nitish Kumar to visit the Gaya hospital himself and take action against persons who failed to take preventive measures.
Khan said 130 children are reported to have died due to encephalitis in Haveli Kharagpur block of Munger district. There has been no DDT spray before the rainy season to check the spread of mosquitoes, he alleged.
"I find it surprising that while the government reacts strongly to diseases like swine flu, it has failed to react to encephalitis," Khan said.
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