New Delhi: A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking direction to the Centre to urgently constitute a team of medical experts for treatment of children in Bihar suspected to be suffering from acute encephalitis syndorme (AES), which had claimed more than 100 lives.
The plea also sought direction to the Centre for providing all necessary medical equipment and other supports for effective treatment of children suffering from the epidemic disease.
The petition was filed by advocate Manohar Pratap, who claimed that he was deeply pained and saddened by the deaths of more than 126 children, mostly in the age group of one to ten years, in the past week and the figures were rising day-by-day.
