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Kota infant deaths: Green carpet rolled out to welcome Rajasthan health minister at hospital where over 100 children died, removed later

The state-run hospital in Kota, where more than 100 children died in December, rolled out a 'green carpet' on Friday to welcome Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma

Kota infant deaths a grim reminder of 2018 Gorakhpur tragedy; staff, equipment shortage behind poor healthcare system in Rajasthan and UP

With at least nine infants dying on 30 and 31 December, the number of deaths at Kota’s JK Lon Hospital stood at 100 for the month of December 2019. The baby’s demise occurred on the same day on which UNICEF said India saw 67,000 births, the highest globally

'No clean chit to doctor Kafeel Khan': Uttar Pradesh govt says it is looking into facts missed by probe committee

The state government on Thursday said it would be wrong to presume that doctor Kafeel Khan was given a clean chit.

Gorakhpur hospital tragedy: Dr Kafeel Khan gets clean chit from Uttar Pradesh govt after two-year suspension

Two years after 70 infants died at the BRD Medical College, a Uttar Pradesh government inquiry has given a clean chit to Dr Kafeel Khan in the case

17 days after encephalitis outbreak, Nitish visits AES-hit Muzaffarpur, faces protests; orders slew of measures to contain damage

Seventeen days after the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Bihar, which is now threatening to assume the shape of a calamity, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar finally visited Muzaffarpur district, where over 100 children have succumbed to the disease

Encephalitis deaths in Bihar: Lack of trained doctors, drinking water woes pose challenges in preventing spread of virus

Cases of encephalitis have been reported throughout the year from Siwan, Gopalganj, East Champaran, Barauni and Gaya districts.

BRD Medical College: Gorakhpur hospital learns little from past tragedies; encephalitis continues to kill kids at a higher rate

While the Uttar Pradesh government has frequently boasted about its healthcare efforts on social media, not much appears to have been done on the ground to save the children dying from the vector-borne disease, mainly in the Terai area bordering Nepal -- except for the launch of the Dastak campaign.

BRD Medical College: Yogi Adityanath govt should fill up vacant posts of doctors, not hide encephalitis deaths

When asked the reason for the shortage, the BRD Medical College principal says all vacant positions are part of the National Health Mission and under it, doctors are paid a lesser salary.

BRD Medical College: Mass resignation of doctors due to poor work conditions puts this Gorakhpur hospital in deep trouble

While new principal Ganesh Kumar insisted that the exodus of doctors had nothing to do with last year’s oxygen tragedy, Purak Mishra, son of Mishra, as well as Kafeel said that all resignations had been tendered out of fear.

Inmates of old-age home run by NGO involved in Deoria case undergo medical test; doctors deem them 'fit'

The organisation has come under scanner after girls were rescued from a shelter home run by it in Deoria following allegations of sexual exploitation of inmates.