As 2012 comes to an end, CNN-IBN takes a look at the key health issues of the year - from the fight against polio that India can take pride in to the dismal malnutrition figures that shame the nation. ...
09:22 AM, Dec 27, 2012
Lucknow: Has the battle of the Uttar Pradesh government against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and AES (Acute Encephalitis Syndrome) in its eastern part been lost to red tape? The answer, shockingly, seems to be yes. Even as the death toll of kids falling to the deadly viral disease mounted to 555 last week, the health department has been busily engaging in 'processes,' admitting that "lots of things still need to be...
09:22 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Bhubaneswar: At least 24 children have died from mosquito-borne Japanese Encephalitis in Odisha's Malkangiri district, an official said on Saturday. A team of experts visited the affected area a few days ago and collected about 70 samples after the children, aged between two and five years, died in five villages of the district in September and October. Ten samples have been so far tested positive for the Japanese Encephalitis virus,...
12:06 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 each to the next of kin of those who had died due to encephalitis in this eastern region of the state. A financial relief of Rs one lakh would be given to those who had developed mental or physical disablity due to the viral infection, he said. Fifty per cent of the amount would be...
10:08 PM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared Rs 4,000-crore joint action plan for tackling Japanese Encephalitis. CNN-IBN had reported how over 400 people died of encephalitis this year. The GoM had in November last year made certain recommendations for tackling the deadly virus which has affected over 6,300 persons across the country till September. The authorities have so far not been able to identify the virus in the worst affected...
06:36 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet will be meeting on Thursday and the pricing of excess spectrum is likely to be approved. The AG could be asked to come to Cabinet. Also on agenda are measures to control the spread of Japanese Encephalitis in UP and Bihar, the 78-day productivity linked bonus for railway employees and the Rajiv Gandhi pension scheme. The Cabinet is likely to consider a Rs 4,000-crore multi-pronged...
09:53 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Gorakhpur: Four more children succumbed to encephalitis in Gorakhpur, taking the death toll in the viral disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh to 421 in 2012. The deceased hailed from Kushinagar, Mahrajganj and Sant Kabir Nagar districts, officials said on Saturday. As many as 41 patients suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome have been admitted to BRD Medical College Hospital here and other government hospitals of Gorakhpur and Basti divisions in the...
04:53 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Gorakhpur: Over 400 children died in 2012 due to the encephalitis epidemic in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Finally, the government is waking up to the crisis. The Cabinet will meet on Thursday morning and the agenda will be implementation of prevention and control of the disease. There are major challenges for the government ahead. With children on ventilator support, desperate parents running out of hope and doctors fighting against all odds,...
10:45 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Gaya: The Cabinet is finally set to discuss the encephalitis outbreak that has claimed the lives of hundreds of children this year. The disease is a cause for alarm not just in eastern UP but Bihar as well. Ten months ago, Pinky was a normal child who played, went to school and helped at home. But she is crippled after she survived the deadly mosquito-borne Encephalitis. Despite this being a...
10:21 AM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: After a sustained campaign by CNN-IBN, the government seems to have finally woken up to encephalitis. The Cabinet will take up the issue of prevention and control of Japanese encephalitis in a meeting on Thursday. So far, over 400 children have died across Uttar Pradesh due to this dreaded disease. The government has been a mute spectator with little being done to prevent or control it. CNN-IBN had...
04:21 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Gorakhpur: Seven more children died of encephalitis in the last 24 hours in Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll to 372. CNN-IBN had learnt that nearly Rs 3350 crore was sanctioned by the government to battle the outbreak but with no improvement in the condition it seems the money never reached to those who needed it the most. After CNN-IBN highlighted the plight of the victims...
12:15 AM, Oct 07, 2012
An outbreak of encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh has so far claimed the lives of 400 children this year. Many more are fighting for survival. CNN-IBN found that nearly Rs 3350 crore that was sanctioned by the government to battle the outbreak hardly reached those who needed it most. The Akhilesh Yadav government has now promised swift action, especially after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) summoned senior ...
10:09 AM, Oct 05, 2012
The UPA government clears second wave of reforms. Encephalitis deaths continue to rise in Gorakhpur. ...
11:55 PM, Oct 04, 2012
The encephalitis death toll in Gorakhpur in on rise but the government help has not reached the people yet. ...
11:51 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Gorakhpur: The official toll of encephalitis deaths in Uttar Pradesh in 2012 has gone up to 400. However, if we factor in deaths that havent been reported, the figure will touch around 1000. The National Child Rights panel has finally taken note after CNN-IBN highlighted encephalitis deaths. But why is the government a mute spectator as children continue to die? CNN-IBN had met a five-year-old boy fighting for his life...
11:33 PM, Oct 04, 2012
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) member Vandana Prasad has said that children from the economically weaker sections are low on the priority list. She also said that good vaccines are available for encephalitis and they can ensure that immunisation is done. A day after CNN-IBN highlighted deaths due to encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken note of the disease ...
02:58 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Gorakhpur: Seven more children succumbed to encephalitis at the BRD Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, taking the death toll due to the disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh to 390 in 2012. The deceased, who died on Wednesday, belonged to Gonda (1), Basti (1) Gorakhpur (1), Siddharthanagar (2), and Kushinagar (2), health officials said on Thursday. Additional Director (Health) Diwakar Prasad said 23 people suffering from encephalitis were admitted to BRD...
11:57 AM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN highlighted deaths due to encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken note of the disease in Gorakhpur. NCPCR has summoned senior health officials of Uttar Pradesh. Over 350 children died of encephalitis in 2012 in Gorakhpur. In the encephalitis ward of Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, three children die on an average everyday. While most of the children...
09:42 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Gorakhpur: In the last 33 years, around 50,000 people have died in eastern Uttar Pradesh due to encephalitis and it was only in 2011, when under media pressure, a Group of Minister sanctioned Rs 3,350 crore but with the deaths still continuing, it seems the money never reached to those who needed it. In the encephalitis ward of Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, three children die on an average everyday. In...
08:49 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Gorakpur: In an outbreak in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, Encephalitis has claimed lives of seven children in the past 24 hours. The death toll has climbed to 281 in 2012 alone. Over 1400 cases have been reported in a single hospital in 2012. Infants and toddlers are most vulnerable to the disease and the doctors say almost every one in three cases is fatal. ...
01:11 PM, Sep 16, 2012
