Tag: Japanese Encephalitis

Malkangiri: The death toll in Japanese Encephalitis went up to 74 in Malkangiri district today with the death of two more children. While a baby girl Mamata Madhi of Buduriguda village under Korukonda block died at the district headquarters hospital, a baby boy Bhima Madhi of Gouriguda village under Kalimela block succumbed to his illness […]

Malkangiri: One more child died of Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri today taking the total number of deaths in the district to 73 in the last 50 days. The deceased identified as Bhima Madhi (5) of Gouriguda village died while undergoing treatment at the Kalimela Community Health Centre (CHC). He was undergoing treatment at the hospital […]

Malkangiri: The toll due to Japanese Encephalitis went up to 72 with two more deaths at the district headquarters hospital here on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Chandan Kabasi (5) of Badali village in Korokonda block and Sariam Ramu of Jilenguda. With the fresh deaths, the toll mounts to 72 in 50 days. […]

Malkangiri: While the outbreak of the Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district is worsening by the day, Health Minister Pradeep Amat and Secretary Arti Ahuja visited the affected areas in the district today to take stock of the situation. The district Collector and the CDMO accompanied the minister and the secretary in their visit to the […]

Malkangiri: The toll due to Japanese Encephalitis went up to 69 with one more death at the district headquarters hospital here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Sania Raba (2) of Kurusibeda village under Korukonda block in the district. With this, the Encephalitis death toll in the district has gone up to 69 […]

Malkangiri: While the death toll in Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district has gone up to 68 with the death of one more child this morning, the statement by the Central team that the district administration and the state government have done commendable jobs to contain the spread of the vector-borne disease has raised many eyebrows. […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite the death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis touched 68 in 46 days so far in Malkangiri district, the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme joint director Kalpana Baruah, a member of the Central team on Odisha visit to take stock of the situation, today said the Malkangiri district administration and the Health department […]

Malkangiri: The toll due to Japanese Encephalitis went up to 67 with two more deaths at the district headquarters hospital Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Rita Madkami (4) of Bamabeda under Korukonda block and Swati Hantal (2) of Lamataguda in Khairaput. With this fresh two deaths, the toll reached 67 in 45 […]

Malkangiri: With the death of three more children today, the death toll in the Japanese Encephalitis outbreak in Malkangiri district reached 65 in the last 44 days. The three children died while undergoing treatment at the Malkangiri district headquarters hospital (DHH). The deceased were identified as Sujit Betti (2) of Uskapalli village and Sunki Padiami […]

Malkangiri: The death toll in Japanese Encephalitis reached 62 after one more child succumbed to the disease today. The 4-year-old deceased identified as Muna Sagadia died in ICU today morning. According to sources, Muna was once discharged from the hospital after being treated for Japanese Encephalitis. Later on he developed fever and was again admitted […]

Malkangiri: The death due to Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district went up to 61 with the death of one more child this morning. Report said a two-year-old boy Asit Madkami of Namakonda village of Kalimela block was under treatment at the district headquarters hospital. However, his condition suddenly deteriorated today. Despite the efforts of the […]

Malkangiri: The toll due to Japanese Encephalitis clamped to 60 today with two more deaths in the district on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Ganesh Bisoi (5) of Majhiguda in Mathili block and Rina Soem (3) of Bhajaguda under Padia block. According to sources, Ganesh succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis while undergoing treatment at […]

Malkangiri: Even as the joint secretary of Health department claimed to have brought the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district under control, the death toll due to the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) rose to 58 in last 39 days with two more children succumbing to the killer fever today. Till last reports came in, […]

Malkangiri: Senior bureaucrat and Deputy Secretary of Panchayati Raj Department Nruparaj Sahu, who was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to oversee the measures to check the spread of Japanese Encephalitis, today said action will be taken with focus on sanitation and cleanliness in the district so that such sad incidents would not […]

Bhubaneswar: The state BJP today came down on the Odisha government for its failure in containing the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district. At a press meeting here today, BJP state general secretary Bhrugu Buxipatra said while the state government has put the number of deaths at 56, the fact is that more than […]