Encephalitis in Muzaffarpur

Outbreak of encephalitis and death of children puts a question mark on our entire health care system. The situation, the chaos, the unpreparedness we are witnessing in Muzaffarpur is not an isolated case. If this type of outbreak happens the situation would be same anywhere in India. In 2010 dengue cases reached to an unprecedented number in Delhi. There were no facility of getting platelets from blood to most of the private hospitals. There were no bed availability in hospitals be it government or private. Two three patients were sharing beds. In August-September 2017, 24 newborns died in district hospital Vidisha, 36 died in government hospital in shahdol, both in M. P. In August 2017, 49 infants died in Farrukhabad, UP. During January to August 90 children died in district hospital Kolar, Karnatka. Remember, death of children in BRD medical college, Gorakhpur in 2017. Why this happens? Who are the real culprits...

For last twenty years hundreds of children are dying because of encephalitis in Muzaffarpur. Every year same scene, same situation, same hue and cry. Year by year nothing has changed. There is no preparedness to tackle the situation. Leave the research and finding the cause of the disease, there is lack of medicine, doctors medical staff. In 2014 our Hon'able health minister Dr. Harshavardhan promised during his visit to SKMCH Muzaffarpur to provide many facilities including 100 bed pediatric ICU. He announced setting up 5 diagnostic laboratories in the state, two multidisciplinary research Centers one each in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga. 5 years, no one remembered those promises and announcements. The same media which has suddenly become so sympathetic and duty bound to cover this story was busy in debating and reporting non issues or we can say setting agenda and issues for election.  No one bothered to ask questions on health, education, social Security. What entire medi...