I do not want to stay at this hospital anymore'
'I do not want to stay at this hospital anymore'
Some of the parents of children still being treated in the hospital are trying to get them discharged.
Jonhai Devi, 63, traveled more than 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the neighboring state of Bihar to bring her three-year-old grandson Prince for treatment.
Now, two weeks later, she's trying to get him moved.
"I think my grandson is well now and the fever will go down with time. There is a local doctor in our village who is very good in treating patients with fever. I do not want to stay at this hospital anymore," Devi said.
Mohammad Kaimuddin Ansari and his son.
Mohammad Kaimuddin Ansari and his son.
However, Prince's doctors say it's too risky for him to leave.
"How can we discharge a patient who has not yet recovered and the condition is critical," said junior resident doctor Radhey Shyam Singh.
"We cannot afford even a single death and all the doctors here are trying their best to give better treatment and special care to every child. Prince still needs to be here," he said.
Jonhai Devi is not the only worried relative who is trying to get a child discharged from hospital.
Mohammad Kaimuddin Ansari, 33, brought his son to the hospital from a city 31 miles (50 kilometers) away last Monday for the AES treatment of AES.
Indian relatives of patients wait outside the encephalitis ward at the Baba Raghav Das Hospital in Gorakhpur on August 14.
Indian relatives of patients wait outside the encephalitis ward at the Baba Raghav Das Hospital in Gorakhpur on August 14.
They don't have much money -- he makes a living as a farmer and carpenter.
"I want to take my child to some private hospital, no matter how expensive the hospital is. I cannot see my child dying," he said
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