Three more babies have died in Malda Medical College in West Bengal in the past 24 hours taking the toll to 27 dead since last Saturday. The state government has rushed the Chairman of Task Force of Infant Mortality to Malda. The hospital defence is that the three babies were suffering from birth asphyxia and hypothermia and were already in a critical condition. ...
02:46 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Over a 100 infant deaths were reported in state-run hospitals in West Bengal in January this year. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who also holds the health portfolio had promised to act, but little has changed on the ground 11 months on. ...
01:36 PM, Nov 27, 2012
44 children have died in a civil hospital in Karimganj in Assam over two months. ...
11:44 PM, Apr 20, 2012
West Bengal Director of Medical Education, however, said the Govt is trying to improve basic health infrastructure. ...
07:57 PM, Oct 29, 2011
West Bengal Director of Medical Education Sushanto Bandopadhyay said the infant mortality rate has come down. ...
10:37 PM, Oct 27, 2011
The families allege the hospital failed to repair dysfunctional ventilators inspite of repeated complaints. ...
09:28 AM, Sep 03, 2011
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