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Andhra Pradesh
By Our Staff Reporter
Two more children fell victim to the fever in Warangal, where seven more cases were brought to the MGM Hospital with suspected encephalitis. Mr. Naidu visited the district headquarters today for firsthand information on the situation, including the two worst-affected villages, Munjampally and Manakondur. Later he visited the affected children at the Government Headquarters Hospital here. Talking to reporters, he said the virus was yet to be identified and hoped it would be done in four to five days. Expert doctors of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), Delhi, and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, had collected samples and were studying them. He said the viral fever was different from Japanese encephalitis as the children affected by it were dying within hours. Appealing for calm, he urged people to approach hospitals if they noticed symptoms of fever among children. He said only poor children with low resistance were suffering from the viral fever. Instructing doctors to document all mysterious viral fever cases by visiting houses of patients and studying the surroundings, Mr. Naidu directed the administration to intensify the campaign of sanitation and anti-malaria operations. The Chief Minister said medical teams from the Janmabhoomi programme would be withdrawn with immediate effect to enable them to conduct door-to-door survey in all villages to detect the viral fever cases. Mr. Naidu warned all Government employees, including doctors, against staying away from their place of posting.
Two more children died of suspected encephalitis at the MGM Hospital today while seven new cases were admitted with a similar complaint.
According to sources, one of the victims was identified as D. Bharat (8) of Sundaraiah Nagar, while the name of the other child was not known.
Hospital authorities could not be reached for comment. The Joint Collector, C. Parthasarathi, said there were no new admissions on Sunday but confirmed one death.
An eerie silence prevailed at Sangem with more and more children falling sick. Over 10 children have so far been affected.
Viral fever claimed the life of a boy in Jeellacheruvu village of Kusumanchi mandal today. According to reports reaching here, Kathi Balakrishna, 16, who was down with fever, was shifted to a private hospital in Khammam town. Doctors conducted tests and referred the case to a heart specialist. Though the boy was found to have no heart ailment, he died in the early hours.
Balakrishna had passed the SSC examination in first class in May last, and sought admission in a local college.
He was reported to have joined his father engaged in the Food-For-Work Programme to pool money for his college admission.
The local medical officer visited the village to find out the cause of the boy's death.
Two children died last week in Wyra and Madhira, but the medical authorities have attributed different causes for the deaths.
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