I can officially confirm the death of 79 children from encephalitis. |
It is baffling, as new cases are being reported from the western part of the state (Uttar Pradesh). |
It is on the ebb now. The number of patients coming to the hospital are reducing. In the next one week, this number will come down drastically. |
Most small poultry owners start their business by selling off land and jewelry. And when they can't recover their costs, they are left with no choice. |
The health budget is 1.06 billion rupees (23 million dollars) while vaccines would have cost the state over three billion rupees. |
We are going to save them up for a renewed health drive we plan to launch in November. |
We do not have money to purchase diesel and pay workers … We have asked for the state government's help. |
We do not have money to purchase diesel and pay workers. The situation may improve in three to four days as we have asked for the state government's help. |
We do not have the funds. We had a target to vaccinate 7 million children up to the age of 10, but we could vaccinate only 200,000 children. |
We had a target to vaccinate seven million children up to the age of 10, but we could vaccinate only 200,000. |