4 children die due to convulsion and fever at SKMCH

Dr K K Kaushik

Muzaffarpur : Four children, who were admitted to Paediatric ICU of Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), Muzaffarpur, after bouts of convulsion and fever, died on June 2, 2017. While three children died during day hours on June 2, one died in the same night during treatment.

Confirming their death, Head of Paediatric department, SKMCH, Arvind Kumar Singh, said they died within eight hours of getting convulsion and fever. Of these four children, one was from East Champaran while the remaining three were from Muzaffarpur district – two from Saraiya block and one from Paroo. One of the four deceased children had shown symptoms of Encephalitis. Their blood samples were sent to laboratory for test and the reports are awaited.