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  Delhi hospital fire: NCPCR deploys team to investigate deaths of seven newborns

  Delhi | May 26, 2024 13:44 IST

  Delhi hospital fire: After seven newborns were killed in a fire incident at a baby care centre in Delhi's Vivek Vihar, Atul Garg, Director of the Delhi Fire Department said that it is most likely that the authorities did not posses a No-Objection Certificate.

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  Delhi: Seven newborns dead in fire at baby care centre in Vivek Vihar, PM Modi announces ex gratia

  Delhi | May 26, 2024 13:37 IST

  Delhi fire: On information, police officials and firefighters reached the area and doused the fire. As per a fire officer, the fire was extinguished completely, a total of 12 newborns were rescued and taken to a hospital.

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  China: Several hospitals stop newborn delivery services amid record drop in birth rate

  World | March 19, 2024 14:42 IST

  As China's population fell due to a record low birth rate and COVID-related restrictions, industry experts have warned of an "obstetric winter" due to low demand. According to latest data, the birth rate in 2023 fell to a record low of 6.39 births per 1,000 people from last year.

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  Afghanistan: Roughly 13,000 newborns died from malnutrition, hunger-related diseases since January

  World | March 20, 2022 9:20 IST

  The United Nations has called the situation "a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions."

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  877 newborns, 61 pregnant women die in Meghalaya in last four months: Official

  India | August 29, 2020 14:56 IST

  ​At least 61 pregnant women and 877 newborns have died in Meghalaya in the last four months starting from April for want of admission to hospitals and also due to lack of medical attention because of diversion of the health machinery to fight COVID-19 pandemic, a senior health department official said.  

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  Mother's healthy diet can reduce risk of heart ailment in newborns: study

  Lifestyle | August 26, 2015 8:36 IST

  New York: A healthy diet before pregnancy may reduce the risk of certain heart abnormalities in babies at birth, says a study.The researchers from University of Utah quizzed around 19,000 women about the quantity and

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  13 newborns die in Malda Hospital in last 72 hours

  India | November 07, 2014 13:54 IST

  Malda (WB): Thirteen newborns have died at the state-run Malda Medical College and Hospital since Tuesday.Medical superintendent-cum-vice-principal of the institution M A Rashid said all the infants who died were 1-4 days old.The infants had

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  New-borns christened to remember China quake

  World | April 24, 2013 12:35 IST

  Beijing, Apr 24: Mothers in quake-hit areas in southwest China named their new-borns with characters like "luck" and "quake" to mark their births after the devastating earthquake.Over a dozen babies have been delivered in make-shift