Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) coalition government in Bihar for failing to curb child deaths due to encephalitis in the state.
"Deaths inside (the hospital) due to Chamki (Encephalitis), skeletons strewn on the outside. Sidelining the cries of the small children, this double-engine (coalition) BJP government has itself fallen sick. The government has caught the fever of insensitivity, humanity lies ashamed," Surjewala tweeted in Hindi.
Surjewala's tweet has come after human skeletons were recovered from behind the building of Shri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) earlier today.
The state's Health Department has ordered an investigation into the matter. As many as 108 people have died due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) at SKMCH so far, which is grappling with the influx of AES cases for want of facilities and other necessary wherewithal.
The total toll due to the vector-borne disease mounted to 128 on Saturday.
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