GORAKHPUR (UP), (PNA/PTI) — Encephalitis menace continued unabated in eastern UP where six more children died, taking the death toll in the disease to 285 this year.
The six children died in the last two days at the BRD Medical College Hospital, health officials said Sunday.
As many as 12 people suffering from the disease were admitted to the hospital they said, adding that 158 patients were being treated at BRD-MCH and different government hospitals in the region.