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Save our lives: Odisha tribal boy writes to PM after encephalitis kills 73

On: November 3, 2016

Malkangiri: A 10-year-old boy’s wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing for help after Japanese Encephalitis claimed the lives of 73 children in 505 villages in the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district in Odisha. Official sources said that the death toll had mounted to 73. But Malkangiri chief district medical officer UdayContinue Reading

Encephalitis toll rises to 218 in Assam

By: Matters India

On: August 3, 2016

In: National

Dibrugarh: The death toll from encephalitis in Assam this year has touched 218 with Dibrugarh district recording the highest number of casualties. The director of state health services, Rathindra Nath Bhuyan, said from January 1 to August 1 this year, 149 people have died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) whileContinue Reading