Muzaffarpur News

Hundreds of skeletal remains were discovered lying in open, in a forest near Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, which is grappling with cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome.

The Supreme Court, which also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file a response after being informed of a similar plea in that state, was told by the centre that the situation was under control

A Bihar minister has claimed the media is projecting the issue of human skeletons found dumped near a Muzaffarpur hospital in a "different" manner than the reality.

Amid a host of problems that Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital in Bihar's Muzaffarpur is already facing, a part of roof outside its Intensive Critical Unit collapsed today. No injuries were reported in the incident.

As per official data, the death toll in SKMCH has touched 109, while 20 children died at Kejriwal hospital in the Muzaffarpur district due to the vector-borne disease.

Three more children with symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) died at a hospital in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Friday taking the number of deaths to 139.

BJP's Bihar lawmaker Rajiv Pratap Rudy today said it was unfair to claim that eating litchis was the cause for the outbreak of encephalitis in the state, a disease that has killed over 130 children in three weeks.

Uttar Pradesh-based pediatrician Kafeel Khan, who was suspended last year following the deaths of a large number of Japanese encephalitis-afflicted children at a hospital in Gorakhpur, has reached Muzaffarpur to volunteer his service amid the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak that has led to the death of 118 children in the north Bihar town.

As the number of deaths from an outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district continue to rise, two grieving fathers speak to NDTV and explain how they ran from pillar to post to try and save their children

A petition seeking urgent action over the health crisis in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, where over 100 children have died with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, will be heard on Monday. The petition will ask the court to order the state and the Centre to set up 500 Intensive Care Units and station enough doctors. It will also ask that a team of medical experts be set up to deal with the crisis. Amid mounting criticism from angry parents, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited Muzzaffarpur yesterday for the first time since the outbreak began.

A deadly outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Bihar has killed 126 children, with 107 deaths reported from Muzzaffarpur and its surrounding districts

Hundred children have died due to encephalitis in Bihar's Muzaffarpur in the last 16 days. Nearly 300 children have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital.

In Bihar, 67 children died of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in the last two weeks. AES outbreaks are routine in areas in and around Muzaffarpur during summer, and mostly affects children below 15 years of age.

Two local Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders were shot at by unknown assailants in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Thursday.

As many as 14 children have died in Bihar's Muzaffarpur due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) while over a dozen are admitted in hospitals with high fever and other symptoms of the infection.