New Delhi, June 21 -- To ensure timely treatment to the patients affected with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)/Japanese Encephalitis (JE), the Centre on Thursday deployed 8 additional advanced life support ambulances (ALS) in Muzaffarpur in Bihar to ferry them from remote areas to the hospitals. Meanwhile, the State Government has launched a social audit along with active door-to-door case finding campaign and moving the prospective patients to the nearest PHC for early intervention.
The death toll has reached to 118 while the total number of AES cases registered since June 1 was 398 at the SKMCH and 154 at Kejriwal hospital, according to figures provided by the district administration.
"In view of the situation arising due to the AES/J...