Muzaffarpur, Bihar – On June 16, Krishna Kumar Verma, a farmer in Muzaffarpur’s Raghavpur village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, was told by his sister Sita Devi that her son Ankit Kumar had a fever. Verma had been following the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome or “brain fever”, an illness locally known as Chamki Bukhar that affects the …
Brain fever -- caused by acute encephalitis syndrome or Japanese encephalitis -- scourge is still not under control in Bihar. But reports from Bihar suggest that not more than 35 children suffering from brain fever availed treatment under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme. This is despite the National Health Authority, which oversees implementation of Ayushman Bharat, writing to Bihar government …
The brain-fever or Acute Encephalitis Syndrome outbreak in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, which has killed more than 60 children below the age of 10 in the last two weeks, is not new to this region. For over four decades, the wards of government hospitals in over 12 districts of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh brim with unconscious kids suffering from high …
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who visited Muzaffarpur to review the situation, had to face protest by angry people amid sloganeering outside Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, where most of the children have died since the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome and brain fever. Sources said people raised questions involving the state government’s preparedness to tackle rising cases …
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