Infant Death

Infant dies at Delhi hospital after being given pain killer post surgery, kin alleges medical negligence

In a case of alleged medical negligence, a four-month-old baby died at a city hospital, after being administered a pain killer injection

Delhi Police files status report on Max hospital deaths: Facility claims no lapse in making register entries

Max hospital claimed that the birth and death time entries of the two infants were made in registers and there was no lapse in the process.

Teenage mother's belief in instinct can harm baby, claim researchers

Quite a few young mother do not follow these believing that their instincts are more accurate when it comes to crib death, researchers report.

Five infants die in 36 hours at Gorakhpur hospital, families allege negligence

Five infants died at a women's hospital in Gorakhpur within 36 hours, triggering protest by family members who alleged negligence by the hospital.

TN halves infant mortality rate; red flags for Kerala, Karnataka

In what comes as some good news for India, several states including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Karnataka have shown significant decreases in infant mortality rate in the past decade.