Muzaffarpur: A portion of the roof outside a pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of Sri Krishna Medical College, where several AES patient children are being treated, collapsed here on Sunday.
As many as 43 children suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) have been admitted in the ICU of the hospital.
Elaborating on the incident, Sunil Kumar Shahi, SKMCH, Muzaffarpur superintendent told ANI, “A patch of plaster from the roof fell off,nobody has been injured. It’s not inside any ward but around the veranda area. PICU is in between ward number 6-7 but the patch fell between ward number 5-6.”
The hospital is the largest medical facility treating AES patients in the district. As many as 109 people have lost their lives fighting the AES at the hospital.
The Bihar government is facing severe criticism in the wake of the children’s death due to the disease.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday said the site and design of a 100-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district have been finalised.
He reviewed the status of cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese encephalitis (JE) in the state with ministry officials.
“The central and state teams have finalised the site and design of 100-bed PICU at Muzaffarpur, which will be supported under a centrally sponsored scheme,” Vardhan said.
He said that there has been one death due to the disease and one new admission on Saturday.
There are 84 patients in SKMCH, of which four are in a critical condition and under constant watch, the minister said. (Agencies)
