-ANI/ NDTV.com As the floodwater is receding in the flood-affected areas, multiple cases of chronic diseases and viral fever are being observed among children. Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): Over 170 children have been admitted to Motilal Nehru Hospital of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh due to chronic diseases and viral fever like Encephalitis and pneumonia where they need oxygen support are admitted here, Prayagraj CMO Dr Nanak Saran said on Sunday. "A few days back, when...
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Bihar Still Has a Way to Go in its Fight Against Acute Encephalitis Syndrome
-The Wire Science Manika Bishunpur (Muzaffarpur, Bihar): Chunchun Devi stands alone in front of her hut in Manika Bishunpur village’s Mushahari tola in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. Three of her children – two daughters and a son – are playing nearby. On June 11 last year, Chulhai Ram and Chunchun lost their 4.5-year-old daughter, Raveena, to acute Encephalitis syndrome (AES), locally known as chamki fever. She was the third of Chulhai and Chunchun’s...
More »Through rain and floods, Assam’s community workers battle pandemic -Tora Agarwala
-The Indian Express Floods might be as old as Assam, but fighting a pandemic in these swirling waters is a whole new challenge for even the most seasoned health worker. GUWAHATI: It is the wind that has helped Pratima Barman plan her day as an accredited social health activist (ASHA) in Assam’s Dibrugarh district for seven years now. In the sapori (island) village where Barman lives, a strong gusty wind, coupled with...
More »Dr Kafeel Khan And The Story Of Another Epidemic -Mrudula Bhavani
-Outlook India The expertise the imprisoned doctor offered to the fight against COVID-19 comes from a self-driven struggle with Encephalitis, which kills thousands every year The Supreme Court directed on March 23 that all prisoners, under trial or convicted and jailed for less than seven years, be considered for release on a six-week parole, in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 28, Dr Kafeel Ahmed Khan, twice-suspended paediatrician from Gorakhpur...
More »An SOS from Bharat's poorest citizens -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * The budget barely increased funding to social welfare schemes at a time India’s poorest desperately need succour * At the beginning of every financial year, social schemes start with arrears, leading to delayed payments. To break this vicious cycle, funding needs to be increased MUZAFFARPUR (BIHAR): "Dena hi padega BDO, dena hi padega Har haath ko kaam aapko, dena hi padega." (You have to, oh BDO, you have to You have to give work...
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