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JE in check, assures admn
DISTRICT OFFICIALS assured that Japanese encephalitis (JE) was well under control after large-scale anti-JE vaccination. Divisional commissioner Dr Moolchand Yadav and district magistrate Dr Hariom visited BRD Medical College today and said compared to last year the situation was well under control. They claimed that the medical college was well equipped to handle any situation.
Meanwhile, 4 more patients succumb to the disease
DISTRICT OFFICIALS assured that Japanese encephalitis (JE) was well under control after large-scale anti-JE vaccination. Divisional commissioner Dr Moolchand Yadav and district magistrate Dr Hariom visited BRD Medical College today and said compared to last year the situation was well under control. They claimed that the medical college was well equipped to handle any situation.
They also appeared satisfied with the ongoing treatment of around 100 patients undergoing treatment at the medical college.
Meanwhile, four suspected JE patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 95.
About 14 new patients were reported to be in a critical condition. At present, 89 patients are receiving treatment in the medical college and around two-dozen patients are under treatment in private hospitals.
Dr Moolchand assured that physicians and para-medical staff would be posted at medical college to meet the requirement of doctors and to assist in treatment.
They also expressed hope that the proposed research and diagnosis centre may start this year. He said so far 24 JE patients were confirmed after the serum test while four had died.
He claimed that children who succumbed to the disease were not immunised during the anti-JE drive.
Though numbers of patients was increasing, it had failed to move the district administration to launch an intensive fogging drive for prevention of the spread of the killer disease.
Municipal corporation officials had identified 130 pigsties in the city areas and 1,289 pig moving free in various localities but had failed to shift them to remote areas.
Divisional commissioner said a team of experts would arrive here to examine patients to confirm the disease and the virus. He said there was confusion among physicians regarding Coxsackie and JE.
He further said that in last three months, 353 suspected patients of JE were admitted to the medical college and five found positive in the test, while in the corresponding period last year, 520 patients were admitted and 146 died due to dreaded disease.
