Gorakhpur tragedy: Panic-stricken parents wait in despair as politicians continue blame game
Parents alleged that healthcare took a backseat as politicians started arriving at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur when the hospital staff went about attending to the VIPs
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Distraught relatives look on as children receive treatment in the encephalitis ward at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College and Hospital where over 72 children have died over the past one week, in Gorakhpur district on Monday. PTI
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Relatives carry a child at the BRD Medical College. There has been complete panic since the news broke on Friday that several children died due to alleged non-supply of oxygen. Most parents have lost confidence in the hospital and they want to take their children home or to another hospital. PTI
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Amit Shah on Monday called the Gorakhpur tragedy an “accident”. Responding to it, a grandmother of one of the dead children said, “How would the childless know the pain of losing them? I curse Modi!” PTI
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Since 12 August, six new encephalitis deaths have been registered at the state-run Gorakhpur hospital. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath denied that the deaths over the last week were due to lack of oxygen supply and instead attributed them to encephalitis, a disease that is endemic to the state. PTI
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Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar and other party workers protest over the Gorakhpur deaths in Lucknow on Monday. Parents alleged that healthcare took a backseat as politicians started arriving at the BRD Medical College when the hospital staff went about attending to the VIPs. PTI
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Samajwadi Party activists show black flags to a convoy of Uttar Pradesh health minister Siddhartha Nath Singh in a protest over the Gorakhpur tragedy in Allahabad on Monday. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday announced aid of Rs 2 lakh to each of the victims’ families. PTI
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