Srinagar: The GB Pant hospital in Jammu and Kashmir was in the news for all the wrong reasons till a few months back. It saw the deaths of 500 infants in a matter of four to five months. But all that is history now, thanks to Dr Shafqat Ahmad Tak, for overhauling the hospital system and bringing down the mortality rate.
Srinagar resident Shabir Najjar was back at the GB Pant neo-natal ward. Six months back his daughter died in the same ward for want of proper medicine and attention. Now, his newborn girl was being treated for an acute infection. But he believes that six months on, after protests over the death of 500 newborns, the hospital and the critical ICU ward has been totally overhauled.
Shabir Najjar says, "There is a lot of improvement now, there was no care in the hospital six months back. My daughter died here due to doctors' negligence. She had chest congestion. Our newborn girl is admitted here and she is being treated well."
For years the ICU ward remained ill-equipped and under-staffed and the doctors and paramedics working there lacked discipline and verve. But all that is changing now. More machines have come in and the man responsible for the change is Shafqat Ahmad Tak, a doctor who has great hands and a big heart that beats for tiny defenceless infants....
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Srinagar: The baby, who was born with a cleft lip and abandoned by her biological parents at Srinagar's sole child hospital, will now take baby steps towards a new beginning. Baby Fazana, who was unclaimed for nearly 10 days at the GB Pant hospital, has found a new home, parents and importantly a name. Riyaz Rather and his wife, who were childless for seven years, are now happy with Baby...
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Srinagar: Hours after CNN-IBN broadcast the story of a five-day-old girl, abandoned due to a cleft lip, responses began streaming in with couples calling from Coimbatore and Bangalore to Chandigarh and the Kashmir valley. Voluntary groups have promised to find a new home for her. "We are getting calls and at least some couples sound serious to give her a home," Doctor Muneer Masoodi of GB Pant hospital said. Help...
09:28 AM, Sep 21, 2012
Srinagar: A five-day old baby girl, born with a cleft lip, has been left abandoned by her parents in a Srinagar hospital. No one has come forward to claim the infant, who is now being fed through a tube. She hasn't got her name yet, but those who could have given her one, her parents, abandoned her in the corridor of a paediatric hospital. Born with a cleft lip, the...
08:37 AM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: A fire broke out in a slum near GB Pant Hospital in central Delhi on Friday morning, fire brigade officials said. The incident was reported at around 9:30 am and 25 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The fire has been brought under control and no one is expected to be trapped. The fire began from one of the timber factories in the area. The cause of...
12:29 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Srinagar: Srinagar's only pediatric hospital, the GB Pant, lacked proper sanitation which was one of the primary reasons behind the 400 infant deaths reported from the hospital earlier this year, an inquiry report has said. CNN-IBN had first highlighted the issue, after which an inquiry was ordered into the case. The inquiry found incidents of gross negligence at the hospital. Its report stated that one of the primary reasons for...
07:12 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Srinagar: The Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir is under pressure from the Centre over the infant deaths. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad visited the GB Pant Hospital in Srinagar, which is the city's only paediatric facility. This is where around 360 newborns have died since January due to shortage of medical staff and equipment. Azad slammed the Omar Abdullah government claiming it had not spent funds from...
09:03 AM, May 21, 2012
Srinagar: Another infant died on Saturday at the Srinagar's GB Pant hospital, taking the death toll to 360 in five months. Parents have alleged negligence by the hospital authorities. CNN-IBN had earlier reported on the shortage of medical staff and facilities at the hospital, forcing the state government to release funds for its upgradation. The death of yet another infant in the hospital has incensed people. "I have been here...
12:05 PM, May 19, 2012
Srinagar: After CNN-IBN's sustained reporting on the issue, the medical superintendent of the GB Pant hospital in Srinagar has been removed. Now the Opposition to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's government has demanded the Prime Minister's intervention. The PDP and an independent MLA have also demanded a CBI probe. As many as 359 infants have died in Srinagar's only paediatric hospital since January. CNN-IBN had reported how the...
09:30 AM, May 18, 2012
Srinagar: Another infant has died at the GB Pant Hospital, Srinagar's only paediatric facility, taking the death toll to 359 in five months. The infant died when the state's Medical Education Minister RS Chib was visiting the hospital on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's orders. The government acted after CNN-IBN reported on the shortage of the medical staff and facilities and has released funds for an upgrade. Speaking...
09:47 AM, May 17, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked the state's Medical & Education Minister to quickly upgrade facilities at Srinagar's only children's hospital GB Pant. Omar said that the hospital's budget would be raised and more ventilators would be provided to the hospital. This after CNN-IBN reported how lack of medical care has led to the death of as many as 62 infants in 3 months. The...
01:31 PM, May 16, 2012
Srinagar: Over 62 newborns have died in the past three months at Srinagar's only paediatric hospital GB Pant. The hospital is facing an acute shortage of trained staff and medical equipment. The sole paediatric hospital in Srinagar has literally become a death trap. In the past six weeks alone, 30 infants have died due to doctors' negligence and inadequate health equipment to tackle the crisis. The doctors say they are...
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