| January 2,2009 | |
| Source: PTI | |
Darbhanga (Bihar), Jan 2 (PTI) Five infants died of a mysterious disease at Dalit-inhabited Varahi village in Bihar's Darbhanga district within a span of two days triggering panic in the area.
District Civil Surgeon L Prasad told reporters that while Banu Kumari (5), Pranayjeet Sada (3) and Satbir Sada (3) succumbed on December 31 at Musahar Tolla of the hamlet, another child Raghunandan Sada (3) died yesterday. Rumpam Kumari, the fifth child, died this afternoon. The children afflicted by the disease were found to be running high fever among other symptoms. The Civil Surgeon constituted a team headed by Additional Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) Amrendra Mishra to examine the cases in details and initiate steps to check the outbreak. All primary health centres had been provided with possible drugs needed for use among those children showing similar symptoms.map: http://www.maplandia.com/india/bihar/darbhanga/
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