Gorakhpur, Sept. 16 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday stated that nine and a half years ago, every aware parent in eastern UP used to remain concerned upon seeing children suffering from encephalitis and losing their lives to the disease.

However, that concern has now ended. He said that, like the mafia and mosquitoes, encephalitis has also been eliminated.

"Now we are witnessing a new Gorakhpur and a new Uttar Pradesh in a new era." The Chief Minister said the government is starting 10-bed dialysis units in all district hospitals across the state.

CM Yogi was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Charitable Blood Bank operated by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Gorakhpur, this morning.

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