India - Uttar Pradesh: in one week, eight children die of ‘mysterious fever’ in Shahjahanpur - diphtheria suspected

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In one week, eight children die of ‘mysterious fever’ in Shahjahanpur

Kanwardeep Singh | TNN | Updated: Aug 10, 2017, 02:57 PM IST

SHAHJAHANPUR: Eight children below seven years have died of a "mysterious fever" in the past one week in Shahjahanpur district's Manorathpur Sehsowari village. The development has left health experts perplexed and a team of experts led by district immunization officer and district malaria officer arrived here on Wednesday to identify the cause of these deaths.

Officials said that the team found several suspected cases of diphtheria as children were suffering from fever, sore throat and tonsillitis. The team also collected throat samples of the infected kids and will send them to Lucknow for testing.
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"This is a very serious issue and a team of doctors will monitor the village over the next few day days until the situation normalizes. We are suspecting diphtheria to be the reason behind these deaths. However, that can only be confirmed after the reports come from Lucknow," CNO RP Rawat said.


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[Ronan Kelly]

Fever, two children and nigali ji
Publish Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 02:59 AM (IST) | Updated Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 02:59 AM (IST)

Dialogue associate, Jalalabad: Two more children died due to fever in village Manorathpur Sahosabari on Thursday night. Altogether, a dozen children have been killed in the village. Even after this death, healthcare has not happened. The negligence of the department is constantly being exposed. By limiting the camp, the blue-yellow bullets are avoiding its responsibility. There is considerable indignation among villagers due to the death of children. The situation is that neither the district administration is sensitive to it. No other people, except in-charge minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, did not bother to go to the village. A team of private doctors visited the village under the leadership of the IMA and the former Home Minister of State Swami Chinmayananda.

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Case One- Shadow of nine-month-old daughter of a village resident, Mishri Lal, was running ill for the past 15 days. She was taking the medicine of the girl from the camp in the village. Once she was also Nagarika CHC. There the doctor had asked him to take home by giving the medicine. After this, he was feeding the baby girl, the blue-yellow pills found in the camp. The doctors present in the camp did not investigate him. Due to Mishri Lal's financial condition, he was unable to bring the girl to the district hospital. On Thursday night, his sudden condition worsened and he died. The death of the child in her family was waning. Misri Lal alleges that the health department would have treated her after she had examined her child, and perhaps her life would have been saved.

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Case Two- Three year old son Ramladaye, a resident of village Hussarum, was suffering from fever from the initial stage of spread of fever. He was admitted to the district hospital on 8th August. He was referred to Lucknow Medical College from here. When the treatment was not found, the kin had brought him back. After this he was admitted to Farrukhabad district hospital. From here he was referred to Kanpur. Two days ago the family had brought him back home. On Thursday night, Ramladait too died. The relatives of the deceased are responsible for the death of the health department. He says that if the son was treated properly then his life would have been saved.

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This child has died victim of death

1. ?Rark (3) daughter Balveer

2. Lakshmi (3) daughter Guddu

3. New Year (6) son Haripal

4. Diwali (3) daughter Lalaram

5. Sandhya (1) daughter Lalman

6. Subhashani (3) with daughter flower ?

7. Anita (8) daughter Rakesh

8. Malti (5) with daughter princes

9. Kanyavati (5) daughter accompanied by son

10. Bablu (11 heart) daughter Rajesh

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Due to the death of the district and many deaths

22-year-old Ram Sagar son Satyapal, 22 year old son Nitesh, resident of village Jigonera resident of Hariwa village of Manoratpur Sahosbari, Jalalabad, four-year-old daughter Smt Smt Satish, resident of village Dahar, Kalan Kasba Akhilesh Gupta's three-year-old daughter Alakhnanda and Sartre village resident Rajesh's five-year-old daughter Ashaqankha, a resident of Bhojpur, village of Arniwad and Katra, son of Nanhe, died of fever. Shri.

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Fever in children due to vaccine

According to the villagers, after the fever spread, the children were vaccinated against the DPT, but after applying it the fever increased in the children. A sample of saliva was sent to the Lucknow Lab for investigation of six children from the village. Diphtheria was confirmed in four children. Apart from this, no child has been examined .-----------------------------

Chat with the villagers ----


- After the swelling of the throat of the children, they become relieved of breathing. Which leads to his death. On behalf of the Health Department, only a few children were examined. The rest are being investigated without any treatment.

- Veerapal


- The reason behind the death of children is not finding the right treatment for children. The health department's negligence is coming out. If the health department is not conscious then more children will be killed.

- Surendra Pal


- Blue bullets are being distributed to children without the information of the fever. There is no diagnosis of the illness in which children are not diagnosed. The children are constantly being killed.

- Ram Prakash


- Doctors are distributing medicines to the children by putting the camp, but are not trying to know the cause of the disease. There is considerable indignation among villagers due to the death of children. Facilitate better treatment for the children.

- Sep red, village chief

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Neighboring village in fever

Villagers of Afzalpur, Khalsa, Chauhna, Khatak, Rustampur, Khandhar, Jigonera, Rampur van, Shukla May, Katehi, Sanari etc. are included in the Jalalabad area, in which dozens of children are in the grip of fever.

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Children's deaths will not stop

According to the villagers due to lack of governance and administration, children are constantly being killed. Even after the death of more than a dozen children, the government is not paying attention to this. Children are being treated only with blue-yellow pills. No child is being examined. If the health department does not pay attention to this, then the agitation will be done. It will be the responsibility of governance and administration. Among those who joined the movement were the soldiers of the village included Sep Lal, Veerpal, Surendra Pal, Omkar, Shivshankar, Anil Kumar, Rakesh, Khanduri, Vipin, Guddu, Arvid etc.

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Sprinklers and fenugreek are being planted in the village. Malaria medicine and ORS packets are being distributed to the villagers. In addition, filariasis is also being distributed. Two teams are constantly doing health tests in the village. The children who are receiving diphtheria symptoms are being examined. So far, eight children were tested, in which four diphtheria was confirmed. This disease spreads through dirt. The village was being cleaned up.

- RP Rawat, CMO
http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/...-16603642.html

11 CHILDREN DIE FROM FEVER
Khaskhabar.com: Saturday, August 26, 2017 3:07 PM

11 children die from fever in Shahjahanpur - Shahjahanpur News in Hindi

Shahjahanpur. 11 children have died so far from a mysterious fever in a village in the district. After the touring and directing of all the leaders including the in-charge of the district, officials have not stopped the process of death. The village is very frightened about it.


Chief Medical Officer Dr. R.P. Rawat told that Ramladite, a 3-year-old son of Khusram, had been receiving fever for a long time in Manoratpur Sahosbari village of Jalalabad area, he was sent to Lucknow Medical College after Shahjahanpur. From there, she brought her a vacation, after which she died yesterday. In the village, the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. Mishri Lal was admitted to Jalalabad's health center. He also died during the treatment.



Doctor Rawat told that he himself is going to equalize in the village as well as one team has been stopped in the village, which is treating the victims and also being sent to the district hospital after having serious condition. He informed that the blood sample of the children was sent for investigation in Lucknow, four reports have been received. The symptoms of diphtheria have been found.



So far, two deaths occurred in Manoharpur village, which has been suffering from fever, and the dead number 11 has happened. In the village, in-charge of the district, Laxminarayan, the District Collector, the Superintendent of Police, former Union Home Minister Swami Chinmayanand has also given directions to the officials. But the process of death is not stopped due to the fever in the village. Due to which the rural is quite frightened.
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Doctors team reviewed Manoratpur
Publish Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 03:00 AM (IST) | Updated Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 03:00 AM (IST)

Jagaran Reporter, Shahjahanpur:

The team of doctors of the District Hospital inspected the Manorathpur village of Jalalabad Block, Manorathpur. Doctors tested the children with fever. CMO Dr. RP Rawat claimed that the team did not get any new patients there.

CMO told that on Saturday, Dr. Rajiv Sharma, Dr. K.P., Dr. Laxman Prasad reached the village and called the children suffering from fever and checked them. Dr. Rawat told that the head of the village has been told that if anyone has a fever, then get admitted to the district hospital immediately. He told that the camp is going on in the village. Vitamin C and multivitamin are being given to increase the immune system. In addition, the villagers are being asked to boil and drink water. One day before two children died in fever in Maleatpur.
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[Ronan Kelly]

2 DEATHS FROM SWINE FLU, ONE LUCKNOW REFEREE
khaskhabar.com: Wednesday, 06 September 2017 2:52 PM

2 deaths from swine flu in Shahjahanpur and one Lucknow refer - Allahabad News in Hindi

Rajiv Sharma, Shahjahanpur In the district, due to swine flu confirmation of the swine flu in the inquiry report in the district, two of the three patients of swine flu have died so far, while one has been referred to Lucknow.
Chief Medical Officer Dr. R.P. Rawat told that Munnalal 52, who worked in the Ordinance Clothing Factory in the city, was suffering from fever for some days. When he went to Max Hospital in Delhi on August 31 for treatment, he came back after taking medicines and examinations and went on his duty. Later his health worsened, and in the investigation report from Delhi, he got H1 N1 turned out to be positive.

Dr. Rawat told that after confirmation of Swine Flu, Munna Lal was admitted to Swine Flu Ward of District Hospital from where he has been referred to Lucknow for better treatment last evening.

He said that in the last two days, swine flu was found in two women in the district. Bareilly and the second woman died in Lucknow during the treatment of one of them. He

said that no other patient has yet received swine flu in the district. Dr. Doctor Rawat said that malaria and the IDSP team are running a dense campaign in the whole district. With awareness of fever disease, people are being sprayed and blood samples of fever patients are also being taken.

Overall, the number of patients with fever is increasing in the entire district. Eleven children have died in Manoharpur village of the district, whereas the death of one and a half dozen children in the entire district is estimated to be fever. Because of which the people are very scared about the fever here.

http://www.khaskhabar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-news/news-2-deaths-from-swine-flu-in-shahjahanpur-and-one-lucknow-refer-news-hindi-1-253720-KKN.html

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Shahjahanpur: 12 children die from fever in one month and a half

IANS
Updated: September 8, 2017, 11:03 PM IST
After the death of an 8-month-old girl from fever, on Friday, the number of children who died of fever has gone up to 12 in Maharatpur village of Tehsil Jalalabad in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) told that 8-year-old girl, Umesh, a resident of Manoratpur village, who was suffering from fever, was admitted to the government hospital on September 6, which died on Friday.

He said that 12 children have died due to a strange fever in one and a half months. The post-mortem of this child's body is being done. The baby had swelling and fever in the throat. Only after the post mortem report comes the reason for death will be obvious.

https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur-twelve-child-dies-in-42-days-due-to-fever-in-shahjahanpur-1103758.html