The mother of the girl has alleged that the family had approached the local police station, but the cops didn’t pay heed and refused to file the complaint.
A total of 13 people so far have lost their eyesight following cataract surgery at a local eye hospital in Muzaffarpur, District civil surgeon Dr Vinay Kumar Sharma said on Wednesday.
One Encephalitis case detected in Bihar s Muzaffarpur ANI | Updated: Feb 19, 2021 15:09 IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], February 19 (ANI): A child in Bihar s Muzaffarpur has been detected with symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Shrikrishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCK) here and paediatrics department has confirmed the case on Friday. Paediatrics department yesterday confirmed one case of AES in Muzaffarpur s SKMC Hospital. We are prepared to deal with this case we have arranged the medicines. There will be a review meeting on February 24, with concerned officials regarding the case, hospital superintendent Dr BS Jha said.
In October 2020, a total of 77 children were admitted to SKMCH hospital with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome/Japanese encephalitis.
Bihar: Children Complain of Lasting Symptoms After Recovery from AES
Last year, a total of 598 children in Bihar got the chamki fever.
Children showing symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) being treated at a hospital in Muzaffarpur, June 15, 2019. Photo: PTI
Patna: Some of the children in Bihar who recovered from
chamki fever â the local name for acute encephalitis syndrome â have developed symptoms of ‘post-encephalitis syndrome’, the impact of which experts say could last a lifetime.
Last year, 598 children in Bihar got
chamki fever, of whom 130 passed away while the rest recovered. When this reporter contacted the families of some of these children, they said that after recovering from the fever, their children have developed problems indicative of mental and physical distress, including fatigue and weight loss.