West Bengal: 10 newborns dead within 24 hours at Murshidabad hospital
Dec 08, 2023, 02:35 PM ISTSeveral children have died at a government hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad. A senior doctor has recommended a probe into the matter.
Several children have died at a government hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad. A senior doctor has recommended a probe into the matter.
Nine persons, including eight children, were killed and 15 others were injured when a pickup van collided with a mini truck in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district, police said on Monday.
Most of the children were malnourished and none had been treated for it. Also, none of them had growth-monitoring cards, a preliminary report prepared by the fact-finding team of doctors under the banner of "Progressive Medicos and Scientists' Forum" (PMSF) stated.
Bihar's health department on Monday confirmed the death of 11 children in the state this month and 10 of them were victims of hypoglycemia, and not Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) as reported in the media.
Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah was summoned today and a strong protest was lodged at the death of three Indian minor children, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
Between 2000 and 2015, 29 million children below five died of different causes in India, data by the United Nations show.
Office bearers of the medical associations in the state informed that they have decided to be on leave till September 7, but added that emergency and post-mortem services would not be disturbed
It is alleged that shortage of oxygen and medicines led to the deaths at Farrukhabad's Ram Manohar Lohia hospital
A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College here in the month of August, of which 213 died in the neo natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, principal P K Singh said
The Lancet blamed the annual outbreak on lychees, which when eaten on empty stomach by malnourished children can lower the blood sugar levels to dangerous levels, causing seizures and death.
The World Health Organisation, it its new report on Monday, said that each year, environmental pollutants lead to the death of an estimated 1.7 million children under five.
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