Karimganj: 44 children have died in a civil hospital in Karimganj in Assam over two months. But not one bit has changed in the hospital even now. CNN-IBN travelled to the hospital where the sick children mostly survive on prayers. Children are clinging to their lives most often losing the battle. The children's ward at Karimganj Civil hospital in Southern Assam has had 44 infant deaths over December and January...
09:21 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Kolkata: Eleven babies have died in the last 2 days at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the Malda district where barely two months back 20 newborns had died. Over 210 deaths have been reported this year from this same hospital. Six of the 11 babies were less than 28 days old. There's no clarity yet on what was the cause of the deaths Six of them died in...
08:07 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Malda: Nine babies died within a space of 12 hours at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the district where barely two months back 20 newborns had died. Of the the nine babies, who died between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, seven were aged between one and 26 days while two others were between the ages of six and eight months, hospital sources said. Six of them died in...
02:52 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Kolkata: A 3-year-old child who was admitted with a severe leg wound has been reported dead in Murshidabad district. The parents allege that the 3-year-old was given a sedative after which her condition deteriorated. The parents also alleged inaction on the part of the authorities that the doctors did not refer the kid to the Behrampore subdivisional hospital on time. ...
11:06 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: Taking cognizance of deaths of new-born babies in various hospitals of West Bengal, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday said it has asked the state government to spell out, in detail, the steps taken to tackle the situation. "We have sought the details from the state government on the measures initiated to tackle the situation," said panel member Vinod Kumar Tikoo. Several infant...
07:59 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: In West Bengal, two more deaths have taken place at the Malda Medical College. Over a 100 babies have died in the region this year itself. As always, doctors claimed that the infants were malnourished and critical when brought to the hospital. West Bengal has been witnessing an increasing number of infant deaths at government facilities. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has attributed the deaths to malnutrition...
03:07 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Kolkata: Barely a week after 40 babies were reported dead in Malda, there have been more deaths. Ten infants have been reported dead in Bankura district over 48 hours. The West Bengal government has cited malnutrition and under-weight as the reasons for the deaths. Incidentally, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the health portfolio, has been dismissive, saying that child mortality in fact has dropped in the...
03:11 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Malda: It's being called West Bengal's shame. Over 100 infants have died in state-run hospitals in January alone in Malda district. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the health portfolio, had promised to act, but the tragedy continues. The Malda Medical College and Hospital has inadequate infrastructure, doctors are few, and even those who are there are busy with private practices. Malda Medical College and Hospital has...
01:09 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: After Malda, infant deaths were reported from the West Bengal state-run Behrampore Hospital in Murshidabad district, where nine babies have died during the last 48 hours. Sources said they were suffering from Pneumonia. Malda Sadar Hospital had reported 110 deaths between January 1 and January 27. The hospital's vice-principal, MA Rashid, told reporters on Saturday that of the 110 deceased, 87 were below one-year-old. According to him, the...
08:31 AM, Jan 29, 2012
New Delhi: Five more infants died at Malda Sadar Hospital on Friday, taking the death toll in one week to 37. "37 infants have died since the last seven days. Three infants and two children have died in the last 24 hours," reports said. Most of the children have died after they were referred from rural hospitals in critical state, the hospital said. The babies, who were born underweight and...
10:55 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Kolkata: Twenty infants have died at the Malada Medical College over the last 72 hours - 3 in the last 24 hours alone. The hospital authorities say the babies were all malnourished, underweight and brought at the last stage. The authorities also maintain that the parents were not aware. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had blasted the media for spreading misinformation on Thursday and urged her party workers not...
12:26 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Mamata Banjeree defended her government in the case of several infants dying in Malda, blaming the media and criticising her party workers for blowing events out of proportion. Claiming that 40,000 kids died during the Left rule, she said that a large number of children in the state are undernourished. "We have brought down crib deaths by 2 per cent and we will bring them down...
03:26 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Seven more baby deaths were reported in Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in West Bengal within last 30 hours, reports said on Wednesday. According to the reports, the hospital officials deny any negligence. The babies were brought in serious condition. The Malda district administration has asked for a report from the hospital. ...
02:27 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Shivpuri: The government in Madhya Pradesh is finding itself helpless against the tragedy of hunger deaths among tribal children. Hundreds of tons of foodgrain was allowed to rot in the state thanks to government apathy. That grain could have saved many children's lives. CNN-IBN met one such child in Shivpuri district, 4-year-old Deepu. For months now, he has been too weak, and too ill to respond to his parents. His...
07:13 AM, Nov 14, 2011
New Delhi: Congress on Thursday downplayed deaths of a number of infants in Mamata Banerjee ruled West Bengal within weeks maintaining that public health system needs to be improved across the country and not only in the eastern state. "There is a need for us to prioritise the working of our public health system not just in West Bengal but on a macro level at a national scale," Congress spokesperson...
10:00 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Kolkata: Reports on Thursday said that six infants died at the Malda District Hopsital in West Bengal within the last twenty-four hours. All the infants were allegedly malnourished and underweight and died after being critically ill, sources claimed. So far there have been no allegations of negligence or other complaints against the hospital authorities. Sources said the babies were between one day and four months old. They added that three...
01:39 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: About 40 children have died in government hospitals in West Bengal in the past few weeks. This is not a statistic; this is " each one of these deaths is " a profound and wrenching tragedy. I could begin by blaming the impact of 34 years of Left Front rule and the mess the state health system is in " but I won't. Faced with such a human...
06:00 AM, Nov 04, 2011
Burdwan: Infant deaths in abnormal numbers and shocking instances of medical negligence continue to taint the public health infrastructure in West Bengal. The government primary health care centre at Aruar in Bengal's Burdwan district has a health staff who is not a qualified doctor but still writes out prescriptions for patients. The health care unit is ill-equipped and doesn't even have provisions to administer injections, saline or oxygen. Treatments for...
09:34 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday blamed the Left for ruining the state's healthcare following death of a newborn baby at a hospital in Murshidabad after doctors used acid instead of Dettol as a disinfectant. Recounting her horror at the hospital, 28-year-old Shikha said, "I was unconscious. When I woke up, I heard my baby is dead and my legs were burning." During delivery her legs were...
09:22 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: Reacting to the news of an infant's death during delivery after carbolic acid was used instead of dettol, West Bengal Chief Minister on Wednesday blamed the previous government of CPI (M) for the poor medical system in the state. "CPI (M) haven't created proper system. District hospitals don't have proper facilities, little infants are brought to Kolkata who are already ill," Banerjee said. "There are no hospitals for...
02:42 PM, Nov 02, 2011
