Super 6: AES or 'Chamki Bukhar' claims 150 lives in Bihar

Hundreds of children are admitted to hospitals mostly at Muzaffarpur's SKMCH and privately-owned Kejriwal hospital for treatment of AES which is characterized by sudden onset of high fever and convulsions.

The high number of deaths this year has been blamed on hypoglycemia or sudden drop in blood sugar levels, which some experts attribute to malnutrition and consumption of unripe litchi, a fruit grown in abundance in north Bihar, on an empty stomach and failure to administer glucose within four hours of the onset of fever and other symptoms.