Muzaffarpur, 25 June:
Protesting against the apathy of the Bihar government towards rising cases of encephalitis, a deadly disease, a sit in was organized before the office of the Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur on Saturday. The sit in was organized by the district unit of SUCI (Communist). Addressing the sit in Arjun Kumar, Secretary, SUCI (Communist), Muzaffarpur District Committee said: The number of deaths due to this disease is increasing rapidly. More than 50 children have died within a fortnight. The children coming from the poor and downtrodden families are most victimized. This is going for last 15 years. But the government did not take any step to prevent it. The administration and the officers of Health department are shrinking their responsibilities branding guilty to each other. It is matter of regret that there is no emergency facility for children in Shree Krishna Medical College & Hospital and in Sadar Hospital. The child department in sadar Hospital is closed. There is no treatment for such a deadly disease in primary health centers. The specialists opine that the disease causes due to malnutrition and dirty and filthy environment.
Among others who addressed the sit in were Lalbabu Mahato, Ram Naresh Ray, Members, District Committee, SUCI (Communist), Kashinth Sahani, Secretary, AIKKMS, Muzaffarpur District Committee, student leader Arvind Kumar, Shiv Chandra Paswan, Lalbabu Ray, youth leaders Prem Kumar Ram, Uday Kumar Jha. A charter of demand was handed over to the commissioner which include adoption of proper preventives for encephalitis, solving the problem of water logging, spreading DDT and eliminating poverty.
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