09/12/2016
More than 300 Adivasi children have died in the SC/ST majority district of Malkangiri in Orissa within the last two months. 2-3 children continue to die everyday. Besides small columns in local newspapers, there has been a haunting silence from national and international media on what should have been declared as a "national medical emergency". It is beyond shocking that despite hundreds of lost lives, the cause of these deaths remain a 'mystery'. Some deaths have been attributed to Japanese Elephentitis, of which there was an outbreak in Malkangiri in 2011 and 2012 as well.
More than 300 Adivasi children have died in the SC/ST majority district of Malkangiri in Orissa within the last two months. 2-3 children continue to die ever...