How government clinics failed to tackle Bihar's encephalitis crisis

No Images? Click here     Bihar Encephalitis: No Doctors, Empty Clinics As 100 Children Die Much of the blame for this crisis lies squarely at the door of Nitish Kumar, who — barring a brief interregnum in 2014, has served as the Bihar Chief Minister since 2005. On Sunday June 16, Kumar’s ally in the Centres, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), visited Muzaffarpur and promised to build a 100-bed pediatric ward to fight AES, but as the empty beds across the state prove — right now Bihar needs trained doctors more than it needs empty hospital buildings. Meanwhile on Sunday, Harsh Vardhan’s counterpart in Bihar, state health minister, Mangal Pandey (who is from the BJP) tweeted about India’s victory over pakistan in the cricket world cup. READ HERE In case you missed it… Global Population Could Hit 9.7 Billion By 2050, UN Predicts Tunisia’s Youngest Lawmaker Battles Inhumane Tests How Ragini Devi Brought Back 'Social Status' To Indian Classical Dance During The Anti-Nautch Movement     New to this email? You can sign up here. You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard. ©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost India. Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Unsubscribe