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?100 deaths daily?: Bihar's killer pneumonia
PTI | Nov 28, 2014, 05.18 PM IST
PATNA: With 100-plus deaths daily, pneumonia has emerged as a leading cause of deaths among children under 5 years in Bihar, a survey report said and recommended the government to launch a special drive like the one for polio. The research study funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in five districts of Bihar along with nine in Uttar Pradesh came out with this startling data.
Shally Awasthi, professor, department of pediatrics in King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, who headed the survey, told a seminar at AIIMS Patna that 40,480 pneumonia deaths have been reported annually in Bihar.
"If we further break it the statistics would be 100 plus deaths daily and 5 per hour", she said. Annually there are approximately 1.84 million deaths in children under 5 years due to pneumonia in the country out of which Bihar's share is 22 per cent, she said.
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PTI | Nov 28, 2014, 05.18 PM IST
PATNA: With 100-plus deaths daily, pneumonia has emerged as a leading cause of deaths among children under 5 years in Bihar, a survey report said and recommended the government to launch a special drive like the one for polio. The research study funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in five districts of Bihar along with nine in Uttar Pradesh came out with this startling data.
Shally Awasthi, professor, department of pediatrics in King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, who headed the survey, told a seminar at AIIMS Patna that 40,480 pneumonia deaths have been reported annually in Bihar.
"If we further break it the statistics would be 100 plus deaths daily and 5 per hour", she said. Annually there are approximately 1.84 million deaths in children under 5 years due to pneumonia in the country out of which Bihar's share is 22 per cent, she said.
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