Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
ANDHRA PRADESH
Death of infants sets alarm bellsringing in rural areas of Chittoor
STAFF REPORTER CHITTOOR, NOVEMBER 23, 2017 01:09 IST
UPDATED: NOVEMBER 23, 2017 07:33 IST
Series of deaths among infants of some of the remote hamlets of Bangarupalem mandal during the last one and half month has brought an unhappy atmosphere in the rural side. The official figure of the infants? deaths since one and half months stood at nine. Though the medical officials say that all the casualties were due to non-dengue reasons, they confirm the prevalence of viral fevers in the predominantly backward mandal.
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Of the seven casualties in October, the children were aged 0-5 and the reasons were due to low weight, seizures and pneumonia. The cases were reported from GK Manchi, Bodubandla, Maha Samudram, and Mangalampalle villages.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...n-rural-areas-of-chittoor/article20668385.ece
Death of infants sets alarm bellsringing in rural areas of Chittoor
STAFF REPORTER CHITTOOR, NOVEMBER 23, 2017 01:09 IST
UPDATED: NOVEMBER 23, 2017 07:33 IST
Series of deaths among infants of some of the remote hamlets of Bangarupalem mandal during the last one and half month has brought an unhappy atmosphere in the rural side. The official figure of the infants? deaths since one and half months stood at nine. Though the medical officials say that all the casualties were due to non-dengue reasons, they confirm the prevalence of viral fevers in the predominantly backward mandal.
...
Of the seven casualties in October, the children were aged 0-5 and the reasons were due to low weight, seizures and pneumonia. The cases were reported from GK Manchi, Bodubandla, Maha Samudram, and Mangalampalle villages.
...
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...n-rural-areas-of-chittoor/article20668385.ece