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AIIMS-Patna starts functioning

September 25, 2012
The much-awaited medical college of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) began functioning here Tuesday with the first batch of its students attending classes, an official said. Soon after it was formally …

Bihar Encephalitis Update: Monetary compensation for casualties’ families

June 15, 2012
According to health officials, some 69 children have died in Muzaffarpur, 10 in Gaya and 42 in Patna due to AES. Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease, claimed nearly 150 lives in Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts last year. A …

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome – Bihar’s mystery disease finally has a name!

June 12, 2012
Finally the mystery disease has a name. The disease that has killed more than 100 children across three districts of Bihar in the past fortnight has been identified as acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), the government has …

Should the mystery encephalitis-like disease be declared an epidemic?

June 12, 2012
The Bihar state government has urged the centre to declare a mysterious disease that has killed 102 children an epidemic, Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey said. Following the deaths of children in Muzaffarpur, Gaya and …