15-YEAR-OLD BOY DIES OF JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS IN IMPHAL EAST: A CALL FOR URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION IN MANIPUR
SHORT SUMMARY OF THE INCIDENT In a deeply saddening incident, a  Khundongbam Elan, son of Khundongbam Ibomcha 15-year-old boy from Imphal East, Manipur, tragically passed away due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE). The boy, who was undergoing treatment at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), succumbed to the deadly virus despite the hospital’s best efforts….