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Introduction: The first Nipah Virus (NiV) outbreak occurred in India in the year 2001 at Siliguri. The second outbreak happened at Nadia in 2007. Nipah Virus exhibits neurological and pneumonic tropism with the predominant clinical presentation being encephalitis in humans. Material and Methods: The present study was a record based prospective study on 67 cases admitted with pyrexia of unknown origin in North Bengal Medical College during the period from 18.02.2001 to 30.02.2001 and a parallel study on epidemiological record carried out by PSM department also taken into account. All necessary investigations including autopsy examination, pathological, and microbiological study were done. Results: There was a clustering of cases around Bhaktinagar. There was a strong H/O Medinova Nursing Home Contact among the patients. 18 out of 20 cases were staff of that Nursing Home. Serum samples tested show NiV specific IgM and IgG in 9 out of 17 samples with one sample which was positive for IgG only suggesting past infection. The cases were admitted with predominant neurological symptoms (53.73% cases) but about 80% recovered with no residual neuro deficit. The natural reservoir of NiV is present in Bangladesh and in Northern India. Conclusion: When NiV infection is suspected, infection control practices must be strengthened to avoid an outbreak in a hospital setting. Here the present study is presenting the experience in the first outbreak of the Nipah virus in India at Siliguri for awareness of clinical personnel to control further outbreak at the very beginning.
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Background: Perceived stress and burnout are by-products of powerless responsibility imposed on resident doctors. Emotional intelligence (EI) works as an adapting and coping tool. Objective: The objective of this study is to find out the role of work-related perceived stress on burnout and influence of EI on it. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from February to April 2016 among 63 resident doctors of different departments of Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire for background characteristics and work-related variables. Cohen perceived stress scale, Trait EI, and Shirom-Melamed burnout questionnaire were applied for measuring perceived stress, EI, and burnout, respectively. Statistical analysis was done with of SPSS version 22.0, and for mediation analysis, Andrew F. Hyne抯 SPSS macro was adopted. Nonparametric bootstrapping was done assuming small sample. Results: Out of complete responses, 67%, 22.9%, and 9.8% were from clinical, paraclinical, and preclinical specialties, respectively. Burnout had a significant positive correlation with perceived stress and in negative correlation with EI-well-being and positive correlation with EI-self-control and sociability. Physical fatigue factor of burnout had a significant positive correlation with EI-emotionality. Perceived stress had a negative correlation with EI-well-being. On mediation analysis, assuming EI as a mediator, total, direct, and indirect effects of perceived stress on burnout were significant (<0.05). Mediation was proved to act with percent mediation of 0.07. Conclusion: There was definite mitigating effect of EI on burnout by perceived stress among resident doctors. This necessitates more attention by decision-makers toward this burning problem for the sake of care of caregivers.