# Two children die in Odisha fever outbreak, quack treatment probed 2026-08-24T03:53:41+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A fever outbreak in Jubapadar village under Odisha’s Rayagada district has claimed two children, with more than 20 residents still ill. The deceased, Pinku Pujari and seven-year-old Shiva Majhi, died on Saturday after the fever persisted for over a week in the remote hamlet. Local police have launched an inquiry into a 'quack', an unlicensed medical practitioner, who is suspected of treating villagers with unauthorised medicines. The Kashipur block, where the village lies, has limited access to government health centres, forcing residents to rely on informal practitioners. Odisha TV reported that the illness has spread to multiple families, though authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the fever. The district administration has sent a medical team to collect samples and provide treatment to affected residents. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Odisha’s remote tribal hamlets often lack qualified doctors, forcing residents to rely on informal practitioners. The Rayagada district administration has been under pressure to improve primary healthcare after similar fever deaths were reported in neighbouring blocks last monsoon. The quack in question faces charges under the Indian Medical Council Act if found practising without registration. State health officials will likely conduct a door-to-door survey and send blood samples to the regional medical research centre in Bhubaneswar. The real test is whether the government can track every unlicensed practitioner before the next viral season hits these isolated villages. ## Coverage - odishatv.in Leads with deaths and quack angle, no official defence or government statement quoted This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Kashipur, Odisha, Pinku Pujari, Rayagada Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/two-children-die-in-odisha-fever-outbreak-quack-treatment-probed/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/two-children-die-in-odisha-fever-outbreak-quack-treatment-probed/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/