Guwahati: To travel across all 28 states of India and neighbouring Bhutan in a Tata Nano car covering around 25,000 kms is no easy task. Yet, this is being attempted by 62-year-old Kochi-based car enthusiast Thomas Chacko, who has so far covered 5,400 km in the small car and reached Guwahati on Saturday. Starting his journey from Mumbai on May 3, Chacko has so far travelled through Indore, Bhopal, Khajuraho,...
07:40 PM, May 20, 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
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
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
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dismissed the opposition charge that the recent crib deaths in state-run hospitals in Malda and Murshidabad were due to medical negligence. "In Malda, 8,000 babies are born outside hospitals. In Murshidabad too, non-institutional births run into several thousands. These babies who are brought to hospitals do not die due to negligence. But if negligence occurs, the guilty will be punished," Banerjee...
05:26 AM, Jan 31, 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
Malda: Four more children have died at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 38 in the past one week. The infants were suffering from bronchitis and cold related diseases. One of the babies was admitted after being referred from another hospital in a very serious condition, but the baby didn't survive for more than one hour. However, hospital authorities say that ...
11:46 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Malda: Four more children have died at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 38 in the past one week. The infants were suffering from bronchitis and cold related diseases. One of the babies was admitted after being referred from another hospital in a very serious condition, but the baby didn't survive for more than one hour. However, hospital authorities say that...
11:46 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Taking the crib death toll to 26 in Malda, two more babies died on Sunday at the Malda Medical College. "Two more babies have died last night. Both were suffering from pneumonia," Officials said. Seven babies had died on January 18 while three had passed away on January 19 in the same hospital attached to the Malda Medical College. Earlier officials had said that the babies were brought...
10:30 AM, Jan 22, 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
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