Srinagar: The medical superintendent of the government hospital in Baramulla, in which two infants died on Friday evening due to a power cut, along with three others, has been suspended. Sources also say criminal proceedings against them are likely.
The families of the infants claim the babies died because of lack of oxygen supply during a two-hour power cut. Acting swiftly after the infants died due to alleged negligence, the Jammu and Kashmir's Health Ministry suspended the medical superintendent and three others, after a probe committee nailed them for laxity.
Sources add the ministry is also likely to recommend criminal proceedings against at least two other officials, including a nursing staffer who was absent for hours and a generator attendant who did not put the ventilator support system on a backup after power failure.
Action was taken after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reportedly expressed displeasure over the deaths. "We found out the two infants were high-risk patients but at the same time we need to fix accountability," Dr Saleem Rehman, director of health services in Kashmir said. ...
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08:40 AM, Dec 18, 2012
Baramullah: In a case of shocking apathy, power failure in a Baramulla hospital killed two infants on ventilator support on Friday evening. The family claims that the hospital officials refused to turn on the generator during a two-hour power supply cut. Residents and family members of two infants who died at a government hospital are now demanding action against the medical staff. The families claim that the medical staff voluntarily...
01:31 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Bangalore: Portable incubators are providing a new lease of life to hundreds of newborns. Priced at a reasonable Rs 15,000, these incubators have been installed in hundreds of hospitals and ambulances across four states. A woman, Katyayini gave a premature birth to a child, who weighed 1.4 kg. The doctors advised the 23-year-old mother to keep the baby in an incubator till he gained weight. "He sleeps well in this...
09:13 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Malda (WB): Two infants died at Malda Medical College and Hospital, taking the toll of newborn death to 11 in a week, officials sources said on Tuesday. One baby died on Tuesday while another one died late on Monday night, officials said. The babies were brought to the hospital in a critical condition with respiratory problem and were underweight, doctors said. Earlier on April 6, nine babies had died in...
07:58 PM, Apr 10, 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
Bangalore: A dangerous ritual was conducted in Bagalkot in Karnataka where scores of babies were tossed by a temple priest from atop a chariot and caught by the waiting crowds. The ritual is held by people below at the annual festival of a temple in Bagalkot. After the ceremonies are over inside the temple, the priest takes out a 'shobha yatra' in the village. The act takes place once the...
01:36 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Mumbai: One child below the age of five dies in India every four minutes. Most of these deaths occur due to preventable illnesses like pneumonia. The International Access Vaccine Centre blames India for not introducing the latest vaccines. But can that alone save nearly four lakh children's lives every year? According to the latest report by the centre based at Johns Hopkins University, as many as 3.71 lakh Indian children...
09:16 AM, Nov 15, 2011
Chennai: In a bid to highlight the need for a safe planet that now has seven billion people, about 40 babies will on Tuesday fast for an hour as part of the continuing protest against the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, an activist said. "While the world is celebrating the birth of seven billionth baby, we wanted to highlight that the planet should be secure for our children...
11:48 AM, Nov 01, 2011
Kolkata: In a shocking development, a total of 12 infants have died at the B C Roy Children's hospital in Kolkata. All the infants died in the hospital in the past 48 hours. Hospital superintendent Dilip Roy said that delayed admission of the babies, who were already in a very critical condition, led to the deaths. "We are always trying to improve service and treatment but some deaths are taking...
09:01 AM, Oct 27, 2011
The families allege the hospital failed to repair dysfunctional ventilators inspite of repeated complaints. ...
09:28 AM, Sep 03, 2011
Washington: We aren't born afraid of spiders and snakes, but we can pick up these fears very quickly as infants, scientists say. Arne Ohman at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Susan Mineka from Northwestern University, US, have studied how infants and toddlers react to scary objects, the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science reports. In one set of experiments, they showed infants as young as seven months old two...
05:39 PM, Jan 25, 2011
One child of a twin pair was born in late hours of Dec 31, 2010, while the other was born at midnight, when 2011 started. ...
11:06 AM, Jan 05, 2011
New Delhi: In Delhi, a six month old infant Chiku was abandoned by his parents after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. Doctors now say that he is medically fit to be taken home. Child rights agencies say serious action will be taken against the parents if they refuse to take him back. For the six month old baby, the nurses at the St Stephen's Hospital in Delhi are the only...
09:41 PM, Jan 03, 2011
The PM has announced a relief of Rs 1 lakh for the families. ...
01:02 AM, Feb 01, 2009
It is suspected that the fire broke out due to a short circuit. ...
09:31 AM, Jan 31, 2009
The baby girl was found gasping for breath. ...
03:22 AM, Dec 14, 2008
Every year 175,000 children are born with heart diseases in India. ...
01:19 PM, Oct 13, 2008
A RTI filed in August said 49 babies died during trials. ...
12:32 AM, Sep 08, 2008
New Delhi: Adam Gilchrist, skipper of Kings XI Punjab, was on Friday entrusted with the added responsibility of coaching the side in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), the fifth edition of the cash-rich Twenty20 meet. The league is set to start on April 5. Adam is a natural leader involved in all aspects of running a successful campaign in the IPL. Hence, this is only a natural progression of...
01:09 PM, May 06, 2008
Hello and welcome to DRS, my very own take every fortnight on the world of cricket. This week I thought we would focus on the Asia Cup, and more specifically on the team that really took the tournament by storm – Bangladesh. That's right. Until the other day, we thought Bangladesh were the whipping boys of cricket, but they have shown in the Asia Cup that they certainly are no...
12:27 PM, May 06, 2008
