Tag: Japanese Encephalitis

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 […]

Malkangiri: The toll due to Japanese Encephalitis clamped to 55 today with two more deaths at district headquarters hospital here on Saturday morning. The deceased have been identified as Rame Madhi(5) of Bajaguda village under Padia block and Saila Madkami (1) of Girakonda village under Korakonda block here in the district. According to medicals sources, […]

Malkangiri: The toll due to Japanese Encephalitis reached 52 with a death of a 2-year-old girl at district headquarters hospital here on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Jayanti Madkami of Katangapallu village under Padia block in the district. It’s worthwhile to mention here that, Rebika(7), elder sister of Jayanati, also succumbed to the […]

Malkangiri:  With the Japanese Encephalitis death toll mounting to 48 in Malkangiri district with the death of three children this morning, the Odisha government said it will start vaccination in four districts from December. Briefing media persons after presiding over a review meeting at the district headquarters here this evening, Health secretary Arti Ahuja said […]

Malkangiri: Japanese Encephalitis on Wednesday claimed three more lives, raising the toll to 48 Malkangiri district even as the mosquito control drive was intensified in the tribal district. The death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis, which stood at 45 on Tuesday, climbed to 48 with the death of three children at the intensive care unit […]

Malkangiri: Congress leader and former MP Pradeep Majhi today gave a 24-hr ultimatum to the State government to disclose details of the 23 children admitted to the district headquarters hospital for treatment of Japanese Encephalitis who allegedly went missing from the hospital. Majhi said, “Congress will file police complaints against the health minister and secretary […]

Jeypore/Malkangiri: As the death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) continues to rise in Malkangiri district, the bordering Koraput district has taken cleanliness drive to curb mosquito menace as precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of killer virus. “Mosquito repellent is being sprayed by the municipality authorities. Veterinary officials have collected the blood samples of […]

Malkangiri/Bhubaneswar:  With the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) toll mounting to 44 in Malkangiri district today with the death of two children,  the Odisha government has decided to provide free cooked food to the ailing children and pregnant mothers in the affected villages of the district. Talking to media persons after the meeting here this afternoon, Malkangiri […]

Bhubaneswar:  The 8-member BJP fact-finding team, which had gone to Malkangiri district on Saturday to study the ground situation of Japanese Encephalitis (JE), has alleged that the Odisha government has utterly failed in bringing down the vector-borne disease under control. “While the disease has assumed alarming proportions in Malkangiri district, the state government is not […]

Malkangiri: With the death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis reaching 44 in Malkangiri district on Sunday, the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) today suspended two health workers on charges of dereliction of duties. The two suspended officials are- Subala Mistri and Biswanath Patra, health workers of Badali and Palkonda respectively. Informing this to media, Additional […]

Malkangiri: The death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) today mounted to 44 with two more children succumbing to the disease late last night during treatment at district headquarters hospital even as the State government sent more doctors to the affected areas. Two-year old Dasarathi Naik of Dangaraguda in the district died in the late […]