India Encephalitis 2012: 1,486 deaths - Outbreaks in Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal

[Ronan Kelly]

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Looks like some test results are starting to come back - Ro

Bihar: Japanese Encephalitis, AES claim lives of 29 children
Posted on: 07 Jun 2012, 10:04 PM

Japanese Encephalitis claim 29 lives
Patna: Twenty-Nine children have Died of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis 41 Others taken ill while in the Past Fortnight in Bihar, Official sources said on Thursday. While AES claimed seven lives, Japanese Encephalitis has accounted for two deaths in Anugrah Narayan Medical College and Hospital in Gaya, Medical Superintendent of the hospital Sitaram Singh said.
Six patients were undergoing treatment with symptoms of AES in the hospital, he said.
In Muzaffarpur's Kejriwal Hospital, 20 children Died Due to AES, while 35 Others are Undergoing treatment for the Same disease, its Administrator BB Giri said.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: India 2012: Encephalitis, 161 deaths - Outbreaks in Bihar & Uttar Pradesh

Not stop the killing of children, 7 and died
Jun 08, 01:19 am
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Die of mysterious disease
Toll at 35
Muzaffarpur, Casn: mysterious disease (meningitis) continues havoc on children. On Thursday, seven children died from the disease. Kejriwal Skemsiac four and three children died in the hospital. The death toll from the disease is 35. Foil and the seven new patients were admitted to the hospital complaining of fever. PHC in rural areas, many children admitted to the hospital and is reported to be.
In Kejriwal Ketlpur, औrai the Nitesh (6) died in the evening. He was admitted here on Wednesday. The hammer, Bochan the two actors (8) had died last night. Ganeshnagar, Gaygat the love (2) death occurred before treatment began. The complaint was brought here on the foil and fever.
Skemsiac the hammer, Bochan's Munna Kumar (6) and Ahiapur, MOOSHAHARY The Pinky Kumari (4) of the deaths occurred during treatment. Miss and Miss Lalti line of the East Champaran, as well as reaching the hospital were killed.
Skemsiac the three children in today's four-and two-foil and was admitted after complaining of fever. Doctors say that the heat did not reduce the number of victims will grow.

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Disease is double the pain of the poor
Jun 08, 01:23 am

Muzaffarpur, Casn: the mysterious killer disease as it - as it is increasing, the pain of the poor is increasing at the same speed. Money going down the 'red' are able to save even more. Skemsiac by the government of Saddam Hussein came to treatment in hospital, his family moved there from Kejriwal. Alleged that her father died there, constantly watching the children were too weak at heart. So take it from there and escaped. But, Kejriwal also showed poor system completely. So to say the special ward for children are four AC. But, this one was not even running. Ward elders in the humid heat was suffocating. The situation of children can be easily guessed by the humidity and heat are waging a war of life. The family in front of the problem is compounded when the children about where to go.
Knowing the number hit the guard
Mysterious illness, the death toll has put the security of knowing. This is why, could not be determined. However, the patients died Skemsiac administration avoided telling the number of children living in the two-hospital admission register of children "disappeared" were.

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Centre to launch mass vaccination drive in six districts
Nishant Sinha, TNN | Jun 8, 2012, 04.50AM IST

PATNA: Centre has agreed in principle to undertake mass vaccination campaign in six districts of Bihar, including Gaya and Muzaffarpur where more than 20 children have died due to suspected encephalitis during the last 15 days.

Principal secretary, health, Amarjeet Sinha said, "We had earlier requested the Centre to carry out a mass vaccination programme against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Gaya and other affected districts. However, the Centre had expressed its inability due to shortage of vaccines. But, keeping in view the urgency of situation, it has now decided to launch mass vaccination campaign in affected regions. The regions include Gaya and Muzaffarpur, the two most severely affected districts."

Sinha claimed that only a single case of suspected encephalitis was reported from Gaya in the last 72 hours while two children admitted earlier were undergoing treatment. Both the children are from Aurangabad and Imamganj, Gaya, he said, adding a team from Patna will go to the affected villages on Friday where a mass vaccination drive would be launched in affected areas and Mahadalit localities. In Muzaffarpur, Sinha said four children were admitted to hospital on Thursday - two in Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital and two at a private nursing home.

Strongly refuting the reports of children dying due to suspected encephalitis in Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Sinha said, "Not a single death has occurred at the PMCH. The casualties were due to heatstroke and dehydration coupled with convulsion syndrome." With regard to Gaya and Muzaffarpur, he said even samples tested by Rajendra Memorial Research Institute (RMRI) for suspected JE were negative.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Centre-to-launch-mass-vaccination-drive-in-six-districts/articleshow/13913796.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

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Disease toll surge shocks doctors

KHWAJA JAMAL

Muzaffarpur, June 7: Health officials have expressed concern over children succumbing to suspected encephalitis in the district with seven more deaths being reported in the past 12 hours.

With today?s casualties, the toll has reached 29. Till this afternoon, five children undergoing treatment at Kejriwal Maternity Clinic and two boys admitted to Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) died.
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Eleven children at Kejriwal Maternity Clinic and five at SKMCH are still struggling for life, even as new cases continue to pour in from Muzaffarpur and adjoining areas.
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Govt cold to rising kid deaths
- Year on, preparedness remains dismal

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Patna, June 7: Guddan, a nine-month-old baby from Puna village, was admitted to Anugrah Narayan Medical College and Hospital (ANMCH), Gaya, with encephalitis-like symptoms at 8.15am on June 4. The child was critical and immediately needed ventilator support. He, however, succumbed to the disease in the afternoon, as he did not get the emergency service.
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In the ICU complex of the hospital, there are four ventilators that were bought last year after the outbreak of the acute encephalitis syndrome disease that claimed 85 lives at the medical college. These equipment, however, have never been used for the needy for want of properly trained doctors and technicians.

Even as the state is struggling to find out the reason behind the 31 deaths in Muzaffarpur and nine in Gaya, all of whom have died of a mysterious brain fever in the past 10 days, it is emerging that the hospitals in these places are still unprepared to tackle emergency cases. The situation is similar to last year?s, despite tall claims made by the state government.

Doctors at ANMCH said out of 17 admissions of such patients so far, Japanese encephalitis ? a deadly form of brain fever ? was confirmed in two children yesterday after their blood and cerebral spinal fluid were tested in the hospital?s laboratory.

In case of Muzaffarpur, the situation is no better. Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) and Kejriwal Maternity Clinic, from where casualties have been reported, again witnessed death of nine children today.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: India 2012: Encephalitis, 165 deaths - Outbreaks in Bihar & Uttar Pradesh

NVBDCP figures updated today including all confirmed cases to May 31st. http://nvbdcp.gov.in/je-cd.html

Cases, Deaths
(change in last month)

Andhra Pradesh 17 (-)/0
Goa 10 (-)/0
Kerala 26 (+6)/0
Karnataka 49 (+49)/0
Tamil Nadu 339 (+38)/ 30 (+9)
Uttar Pradesh: 344 (+113)/ 83 (+24)
West Bengal: 100 (-)/ 8 (-)

Total 875/121

For whatever reason, this does not include three fatal cases of AES reported from Assam (documented in this thread). Media reports put the number of fatalities in Uttar Pradesh currently at 93. The ongoing outbreak in Muzaffarpur and Gaya in Bihar has claimed an additional 40 fatalities to date. - Ro

[Ronan Kelly]

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73 kids die of 'mysterious' disease in Bihar

Published Date: 08 Jun, 2012 (7:07 PM)
Patna, June 8 (IANS) A "mysterious" disease has claimed the lives of 73 children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Patna districts during the past fortnight, officials said Friday.

State health department officials held an emergency meeting here Friday to take stock of the situation, even as they were yet to determine the cause of the deaths.

Till date, 30 children have died in Muzaffarpur and nine in Gaya.

Besides, 34 children have succumbed to the disease in the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) in the last 15 days.
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[Ronan Kelly]

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Suspected encephalitis toll up to 36 in Muzaffarpur
Priti Nath Jha, TNN | Jun 9, 2012, 01.27AM IST


MUZAFFARPUR: Suspected encephalitis is going out of control of the local doctors as the mysterious disease took the lives of five more children - three at SKMCH and two at Kejriwal Hospital - here on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths to 36 so far.

Fourteen new patients were admitted to the hospitals on Friday, including 11 at Kejriwal Hospital and three at SKMCH, Muzaffarpur. At present, 31 children are still under treatment. Twenty eight of them have been admitted to Kejriwal Hospital. The condition of 14 of them was stated to be serious.
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Encephalitis kills 84 children in Bihar
FRIDAY, 08 JUNE 2012 23:59 AMARNATH TEWARY | PATNA

The spectre of deadly encephalitis is still looming large on the children of Bihar as altogether 84 of them have died so far in different hospitals of the State. Over hundred children are still battling for life ringing an alarm in Government hospitals in affected districts.

The number of children died due to the Acute Encephalopathy Syndrome (AES) in the State has gone up to 84 on Friday. Altogether 197 cases are reported in different hospitals where conditions of some of the children are critical, said a Government health official.

Stating that AES comprising symptoms of 17 diseases like cerebral malaria, meningitis and TB meningitis, State health principal secretary, Amarjeet Sinha said that 34 children have died at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and 30 others at Sri Krishna Memorial College and Hospital (SKMCH) and private Kejriwal hospital in Muzaffarpur.

However, the unofficial records said that a total 84 children died so far at PMCH, Muzaffarpur and Gaya Government hospitals. Besides, some of the children have also breathed last in the private Kejriwal hospital in Muzaffarpur.
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Suspected encephalitis toll up to 36 in Muzaffarpur
Priti Nath Jha, TNN | Jun 9, 2012, 01.27AM IST

Stating that AES comprising symptoms of 17 diseases like cerebral malaria, meningitis and TB meningitis, ...


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Wow. Is that a new definition? I haven't read that one before. I was under the impression that AES is any encephalitis that isn't JE. If we are going to start counting meningitis and malaria as AES, it is going to make the reporting much more confusing.

[Treyfish]

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Bihar: The mysterious illness killed 74 children
Friday, June 08, 2012, 19:54

Patna: Bihar has been a string of mysterious deaths from disease and from May till the Insefalopathy Acute Syndrome (Ais) 74 of the 197 patients have been killed. State the name of the killer Ais this mysterious disease that has symptoms similar to meningitis and other diseases, including 17 given name.

Department of Health Secretary Amarjit Sinha told reporters in Patna today Pimsiac, Anmsiac, Muzaffarpur was Aanmsiac Kejriwal and Skemsiac and 74 children from various parts of the state yet Insefalopathy Acute Syndrome (Ais) died due to is. The mysterious illness in May and June, 197 cases have been reported so far. He said that this year the Japanese Inseflaitis (Japanese brain) has confirmed two cases of fever of which was Aanmsiac but has anyone died from the disease. Ais all cases in children are dead.

Sinha said the Ais Lu, cerebral malaria, meningitis, TB meningitis, न्यूरोसिस्टीसरकोसिस, Piojenik 17 diseases, including meningitis or symptoms similar to meningitis has been. He said the state Jeelanmsiac Bhagalpur and Darbhanga in the Dimsiac meningitis, meningitis, or Ais the Japanese have not yet the case.

Sinha said that 81 cases of Ais in Muzaffarpur, of which 30 children were killed. The more than 21 deaths occurred in hospitals and charitable Kejriwal Skemsiac nine children fell into the cheek of time.These kids are Tirhut and Kosi division areahttp://translate.googleusercontent.c...hQ9zaPZWM9sswQ

[Ronan Kelly]

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The mysterious killer disease
Jun 08, 07:03 pm

Four killed, thirteen
Child recruitment, many serious
Muzaffarpur, Jati: Innocent on a mysterious disease (meningitis), the destruction continues. On Friday, four more innocents killed by the disease. Kejriwal Skemsiac Two children died in the hospital the same number. The number of children still die from the disease rose to 41 from 37. Foil and the 13 children were admitted to hospitals after complaining of fever.
Skemsiac Benibad today, of Gaygat Subodh Kumar (3) and Sadpur, Sitamarhi, Saddam (6) died today. In the two-iron, Bochan small (4) has died at 12 noon. While Priyanshu was killed in Thursday night.
However, the tinsel and Skemsiac after complaining of fever were admitted to three children. Kejriwal joined the ten children. Many of the cases is reported in critical condition. Doctors say that heat is due to an increase in the number of patients. The civil surgeon Dr. Gyan Bhushan has appealed to the people that they do not let kids in the sun. Well advised to feed them plenty of water. Immediately upon arriving at the hospital with fever and body with wet cloth nearby to wipe said.

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@ alert - I think that you have it right, AES is any undiagnosed encephalitis. I think that the Health secretary is merely saying that encephalitis can be caused by a variety of illnesses, none of which has been identified yet. Meningitis and Encephalitis are often used interchangeably in Indian reports especially where translation is involved.

[Ronan Kelly]

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35 deaths in Patna Medical College and Hospital, govt denies encephalitis
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Dr Prabhat of Rajendra Memorial Research Institute said samples of 31 suspected encephalitis cases were tested in Gaya but no positive case was found.
In a new twist, the government suspects enterovirus, found in UP?s Gorakhpur, could be one of the factors. At least 22% of the 300 samples tested at Gorakhpur showed presence of enterovirus, said experts.
Sinha said a mass vaccination drive has been launched in Gaya for children between 1-15 years while in Muzaffarpur, routine immunization (RI) has been undertaken. RI would also be launched in Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Nawada, Siwan, Gopalganj and West Champaran, he said.
Meanwhile, the state government has got the final report of the national institute of virology (NIV), Pune, on the samples taken in 2011, which has ruled out JE in Gaya and Muzaffarpur region.
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[Ronan Kelly]

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Mystery fever hits capital kids

SUMI SUKANYA

Patna, June 8: Eighty-five children have succumbed to suspected encephalitis in the past three weeks, leaving health department officials in the lurch and unfortunate parents groping for answers.

The health department is still unaware of the exact profile of the disease, which has been mainly classified as acute encephalitis syndrome till now. Of the total number of deaths, 36 have been reported from Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), 39 from Muzaffarpur and 10 from Anugrah Narayan Medical College and Hospital (ANMCH) in Gaya. Officials at the PMCH said since May 15, about 86 patients from 18 districts of the state have been admitted here with ?brain fever? symptoms ?high fever, convulsion and unconsciousness. Out of this, 36 patients succumbed to the illness within hours of getting admitted. Today, one patient was admitted and two children succumbed to the disease.

?In case of acute encephalitis syndrome, we can only give symptomatic treatment. In most of the cases, children died even before they could be managed or their blood and cerebro spinal fluid could be collected for diagnosis. Thus, it is difficult to ascertain the exact reason behind the deaths. On the other hand, there are several patients with acute encephalitis syndrome, who are now recovering after treatment,? said Sanjata Roy Chaudhary, the head of the department of paediatrics, PMCH.
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[Ronan Kelly]

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Bihar seeks central help on mysterious disease
Saturday, June 9th 2012, 08:24 PM

Patna, June 9 ? Bihar Saturday sought help from the central government to tackle a mysterious disease that has killed 81 children in Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Patna districts during the past fortnight, officials said.

"We expect central government help and support to check and control the mysterious disease," Health Minister Ashwini Choubey said.
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http://india.nydailynews.com/business/e0c38b55e5e710fc1a07fdbe679d6287/bihar-seeks-central-help-on-mysterious-disease

Bihar: 11 more AES death reported, toll 85
Last Updated: Saturday, June 09, 2012, 22:09 0
Tags: Acute Encephalopathy Syndrome, Bihar, toll
Patna: Eleven more children died of the Acute Encephalopathy Syndrome (AES) in Bihar taking the toll to 85, official sources said on Saturday.

Nine children died due to the AES in the Sri Krishna Memorial College and Hospital (SKMCH) and the private Kejriwal hospital in Muzaffarpur since yesterday taking the toll in the two hospitals to 40, the sources said.

The disease claimed the life of one more child in Anugrah Narayan Medical College and Hospital, where the toll rose to 10.

Another death was reported from the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) in the state capital. The disease has so far claimed 35 lives in the PMCH.
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http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/bihar-11-more-aes-death-reported-toll-85_780856.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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Blame game follows virus menace

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Patna, June 9: Bihar health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey today sought to deflect the blame for the death of children suffering from suspected encephalitis on the Centre, alleging that the Uni-on government had failed to provide the state with Japanese encephalitis vaccines.

?We had asked the Centre to provide us with 50 lakh Japanese encephalitis vaccines so that we could launch a mass vaccination drive. But the vaccines have not been made available to us till now,? he said in Gaya.

The minister visited the Anugrah Narayan Medical College and Hospital (ANMCH) in Gaya and Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Muzaffarpur, the two health hubs from where the maximum number of suspected encephalitis cases has been reported. Incidentally, health officials are yet to diagnose the ?actual disease? and only two of the hundred-odd cases have been confirmed as Japanese encephalitis.
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[Ronan Kelly]

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Mystery disease kills 2 more kids, toll rises to 87
Binod Dubey and Ajay Kumar, Hindustan Times
Patna/Muzaffarpur, June 10, 2012

First Published: 22:55 IST(10/6/2012)
Last Updated: 22:57 IST(10/6/2012)

A mystery disease stalking Bihar?s children claimed two more lives on Sunday, taking the death toll to 87 in the last 19 days and forcing the state to seek the Centre?s help for tackling the health nightmare.
The state has also sought the World Health Organisation?s assistance to


identify the disease and cause. Children struck by the disease are dying after bouts of high temperature and convulsions.
The disease has been dubbed ?acute encephalitis syndrome?, but experts have not been able to say for sure if it is encephalitis ? an acute inflammation of the brain.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Patna/Mystery-disease-kills-2-more-kids-toll-rises-to-87/Article1-869015.aspx

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Re: India 2012: Encephalitis, 221 deaths - Outbreaks in Bihar & Uttar Pradesh

Learn one of six children, death toll reaches 44
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Muzaffarpur: Inseflaitis's disease-like symptoms and six children, died on Saturday. Kejriwal hospital three and three children died in Skemsiac. Still under the grip of the disease has killed 44 children.

While dozens of children are suffering.
The three-year-old Golu Kumar Kejriwal hospital Kemiptty Meenapur, Chakia Vijith three-year-old, four-year-old Nasruddin Deoria mansion, the ten-year-old Nageshwar Skemsiac Sitamarhi in Bihar, the three-year-old Deepak Kumar and Kanti Bochan death during treatment of the eight-year-old smile occurred. While both places are about a dozen new patients were admitted.
The five-year-old Ankit Kumar Kejriwal Govindganj in the spring Kruna Kudni two-year-old Noor Jahan, Chainpur Meenapur four-year-old Pinto Kumar, the two-year-old Sahil Kumar Kanti Sherpur, Mksudpur Meenapur two-year-old Ankit Kumar, Suman Rajkri औrai two and a half years, in Skemsiac Husanpur Bochan ten-year-old Rakesh Kumar of Sitamarhi Bajptty-year-old Nisha Kumari, eight-year-old Basil Santipur Bhiknpura Miss Mjulia Meenapur two-year-old Priyanka, the three-year-old range Meenapur Raj Kumari market, Chainpur Meenapur four-year-old Mintu Kumar and Santipur Bochan She was admitted to the six-year-old Kunti.

Skemsiac Ricod five children do not
Skemsiac from May 29 to June 9 to 29 children were admitted for treatment.

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The Department does not have a record of five children. Families to enroll their kids there a couple days later, took second place for treatment. But where were the children. The Department is not aware of it.

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Saturday night, according to data obtained in 29 children, 10 children died. Five of the family took the child during treatment.

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Two children were discharged after recovery.

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