New Delhi: Acting on the CNN-IBN's report on rising cases of encephalitis, Uttar Pradesh health minister has called a meeting of all concerned departments of health, water and rural development to a review of the prevailing situation.
Meanwhile, the state government has released Rs 18 crore for a 100-bed ward for Gorakhpur patients. It has also sanctioned 300 deep borewells in the area.
The deadly encephalitis, a water or mosquito borne viral disease, has been striking with alarming regularity in the eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh and 500 children have died due to it in the last two months. More than 50,000 lives have been lost in the last three decades as the public health system has collapsed in the region, which is one of the poorest in India.
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