
Four new-born children died in Malda Medical College and Hospital in Malda in this district headquarter town of Malda district. ...

01:26 AM, Jan 10, 2013

Deepa Dasmunsi, the bete noire of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and another union minister from West Bengal on Saturday visited Malda Medical College and Hospital where 37 infants died in six days since Saturday. ...

06:33 PM, Dec 01, 2012

Nineteen babies have died in Malda Medical College Hospital since Saturday, hospital authorities said on Monday. Of the 19 babies, six have died since Sunday, they said, adding Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare AH Khan Chowdhury is monitoring the situation. ...

10:30 PM, Nov 26, 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

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: 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

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