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JE: Timely treatment can save life
PRINCIPAL OF BRD Medical College Dr OP Singh said here on Tuesday that Japanese Encephalitis was a curse. He hoped that anti-JE vaccination would check the reoccurrence of the disease. He made these remarks at a two-day seminar at the department of paediatrics at the medical college on the training for treatment and nursing of JE patients.
PRINCIPAL OF BRD Medical College Dr OP Singh said here on Tuesday that Japanese Encephalitis was a curse. He hoped that anti-JE vaccination would check the reoccurrence of the disease. He made these remarks at a two-day seminar at the department of paediatrics at the medical college on the training for treatment and nursing of JE patients.
Dr Singh said that such training should be organised at other places to raise awareness among the people who could bring their children to the child specialist after the primary symptom of encephalitis. Singh said that timely and proper medication could save the life of patients. He called upon the people to extend their support to check the outbreak of JE during the monsoon.
Dr Singh also distributed the certificates to child specialists participating in the camp. The participants applauded head of the department of paediatrics Dr KP Kushwaha for organising such programmes. Kushwaha threw light on his experiences in treatment of encephalitis patients at medical college since last two decades.
He shared his experiences with the audience.
Earlier, Dr Kushwaha and other participants went through the process of various tests to confirm the disease.
