Central, state teams together finalize to site and design of 100 bedded PICU at Muzaffarpur

Patna, June 24: “The central and state teams have finalized the site and design of 100 bedded PICU at Muzaffarpur, which will be supported under a centrally sponsored scheme,” says Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan,  after reviewing the status of AES cases of Bihar with senior officers of the Health Ministry on Sunday. The Union Health Minister is reviewing the AES cases on a daily basis with the Health Ministry officials.

 

Minister Vardhan further said that there has been one death and one new admission yesterday. There are currently 84 patients in SKMCH, of whom 4 patients are in critical condition and under constant watch, he added.

The Health Minister said that the multi-disciplinary central team has been camping at Muzaffarpur for over a week now. “With the support of state and district administration, efforts of social and behaviour change at the community level and early identification and management at primary health care facilities have been strengthened,” he mentioned. He added that clinical management of acute encephalopathy syndrome (AES) is also being supported by the multi-disciplinary central teams and patients are receiving round the clock clinical, diagnostic and drug support.

Keeping in mind the increasing numbers of cases, immediately a high-level multi-disciplinary team was sent o Bihar. The team will undertake the necessary groundwork for setting up a state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary research centre at Muzaffarpur. Also, it was decided that the state government will bear the whole treatment expense.