India, June 24 -- As the deadly disease continues to take a toll on the lives of hundreds of children in Bihar, in the latest update, Dr Bhimsen Kumar has been subjected to suspension. He is a senior doctor at SKMCH in Muzaffarpur, the hospital that has reported the highest number of casualties of over 109. The nation has awakened with questioning the cause and management of the epidemic, and also the response of the state and central government, which is quite eased-off despite this being a matter of grave concern.
The medical fraternity has firmly held malnutrition, poor infrastructure and lack of medicines to be the primary causes of death. Although serious, this is a disease that could be brought under control had the above things been...