Pneumonia in Orissa

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http://indiaenews.com/2006-06/12606-pneumonia-killing-tribal-orissa.htm

Sunday, June 25th, 2006


Bhubaneswar - At least five tribal children have died of pneumonia in Orissa?s Mayurbhanj district over the past month and more than 10 are suffering from the illness, officials said Sunday.

The children, mostly below five years age, died at Kuanrabila, a tribal village located 150 km from the district head quarter of Baripada.

The ailing children have been brought to the local government hospital at Jashipur by a medical team who visited the village on Friday, district collector V.K. Pandian told IANS.

The children are out of danger, he said.

The village, which is surrounded by forests, is inhabited by around 65 families. The people refuse to take medicines out of superstitious belief. They rely on the help of witch doctors instead of coming to the hospital, he said.

Pneumonia is a severe infection of the respiratory tract, which causes fever, shortness of breath and the discharge of phlegm.

 

[Sharpe]

Re: Pneumonia killing tribal children in Orissa

Re: Pneumonia killing tribal children in Orissa

This is not the first time we've heard from the district of Mhayurbanj. See the below article from April. See the map for further orientation.


Thousand birds die in Orissa poultry farm
Apr 18, 2006, 14:13, Reviewed by: Dr. Priya Saxena

The dead chickens were apparently buried near the firm and none of the district veterinary officials have so far visited the place.

By IANS, Over a thousand chickens have died in a poultry farm in Orissa, a media report said Tuesday, though officials confirmed the deaths of only five birds and said it had nothing to do with avian flu.

The birds have died in a poultry farm at Manari village in Mayurbhanj district, leading Oriya daily The Samaja said, quoting farm owner Santosh Kumar Panda.

The dead chickens were apparently buried near the firm and none of the district veterinary officials have so far visited the place.

"Only the deaths of five birds have been reported," District Collector V.K. Pandian told IANS, adding that the numbers may have been exaggerated because farmers wanted compensation. He said he was sending a team of experts to the spot.

Officials have also ruled out the possibility of a bird flu epidemic.