100-bedded paediatric ICU to be set up in SKMCH, Muzaffarpur within a year: Centre informs Supreme CourtSC
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New Delhi: The Centre on Monday filed a reply in the Supreme Court on the AES outbreak in Bihar, saying that a decision has been taken to set up a 100-bedded paediatric ICU at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Muzaffarpur in one year with funds from it.
Five virology labs were set up in different districts of the state and 10-bedded pediatric ICUs will also be established in different districts, it said.
The reply submitted that despite the fact that health is a state subject, the central government had taken all steps for giving necessary help and assistance to the Bihar government to contain the outbreak.
The death toll due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) mounted to 140 in Muzaffarpur district on Friday.
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