Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 18: A central team of experts, deployed by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, would soon visit J&K to investigate pediatric deaths due to unknown etiology, being reported from block Ramnagar of Udhampur district.
The team will assist J&K Health Department to investigate the cause of pediatric deaths and instituting requisite public health measures. The team, upon completion of their activities, will submit a report to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The visiting team comprised Dr Sumit Mehndiratta, Specialist (Pediatrics) Safdarjung Hospital; Dr. Mahesh Waghmare, Deputy Director (Microbiology), National Center for Disease Control, Delhi; Dr. Suneet Kaur, Assistant Director (Epidemiology) National Center for Disease Control, Delhi; Dr. Shilpa Tomar, Microbiologist, NIV, Pune and Dr. Avinash Deoshatwar, Epidemiologist- NIV- Pune.
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