Death toll in the recent spate of encephalitis rose to 147 in Uttar Pradesh when three more children died of this dreaded disease during the past 24 hours. Officials say all the deaths are reported from BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur.
Official sources on Sunday said that of the three fresh deaths one each were from Basti and Gorakhpur while one was from adjoining Bihar State. “All the dead were children in the age group of 5 to 15 years,” the official told The Pioneer. Baba Raghav Das Medical College Superintendent NN Shukla said that since January last 693 children suffering from encephalitis were admitted to the Baba Raghav Das Medical College here of which 147 died.