Ronan Kelly
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JE not behind Khurda child?s death: Govt
By Express News Service | Published: 23rd January 2018 02:01 AM |
Last Updated: 23rd January 2018 07:03 AM | A+A A- |
BHUBANESWAR: THE State Government has denied Japanese Encephalitis (JE) as the reason behind the death of a nine-year-old girl from Khurda. The child died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the Capital last month, prompting the Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena to order a probe.
A five-member team of specialists was constituted to investigate into the alleged JE death of the child from Bhusandhapur area.
Special Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department Dr KC Dash said though initially it was suspected to be a case of JE as per Elisa test, the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, which is considered more authentic, found it JE negative.
?The PCR test of two other children, who were suspected to have been affected in the first week of last month, was also negative. They have been discharged after treatment. The Khurda child died because she was brought to hospital very late,? he claimed.
Since there are several types of encephalitis, which lead to acute inflammation of the brain, Dr Dash explained that the child might have died of any other encephalitis, but it was not certainly JE.
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http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...-behind-khurda-childs-death-govt-1761727.html
JE not behind Khurda child?s death: Govt
By Express News Service | Published: 23rd January 2018 02:01 AM |
Last Updated: 23rd January 2018 07:03 AM | A+A A- |
BHUBANESWAR: THE State Government has denied Japanese Encephalitis (JE) as the reason behind the death of a nine-year-old girl from Khurda. The child died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the Capital last month, prompting the Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena to order a probe.
A five-member team of specialists was constituted to investigate into the alleged JE death of the child from Bhusandhapur area.
Special Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department Dr KC Dash said though initially it was suspected to be a case of JE as per Elisa test, the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, which is considered more authentic, found it JE negative.
?The PCR test of two other children, who were suspected to have been affected in the first week of last month, was also negative. They have been discharged after treatment. The Khurda child died because she was brought to hospital very late,? he claimed.
Since there are several types of encephalitis, which lead to acute inflammation of the brain, Dr Dash explained that the child might have died of any other encephalitis, but it was not certainly JE.
...
http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...-behind-khurda-childs-death-govt-1761727.html