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30 children die in 20 days in Allahabad's biggest government hospital

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June 22, 2012

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Allahabad, June 22: At least 30 children between the ages of 6 months to 2 years have died in the last 20 days in the biggest government run children's hospital in Allahabad.

And the figures may not surprise anyone. One visit to the 100-bedded hospital shows wards are overflowing with patients, with 2 to 3 children occupying a single bed. These deaths have blamed on poor facilities at the Sarojini Naidu Hospital.

"There are 2 to 3 children lying on each bed. We have to buy syringes from outside," confirms Manna Babu, a relative of one of the patient.

"If there are no beds, we have no choice but to wait with sick children outside, till the time one is available. No wonder children are dying," adds Dinesh Kumar, another patient's relative.

What also emerged through NDTV's visit to the hospital, is that despite the intense heat (Allahabad has recorded one of the highest temperatures this summer) fans and air conditioners of the hospital remain out of order. There is also no doctor who can work the ultrasound machine and the lone operation theatre of the hospital is locked up and not used for surgeries.

The hospital superintendent, Ruchi Rai claims that the children who died were brought to the hospital in a critical condition and had a very little chance of survival. "Most of these children were critical. Visitors also come and go without caring about hospital timings. Half of our time is wasted in handling the relatives of the patients, making it difficult to pay attention to the sick children" she says.

Alarmed by the death toll, the Allahabad high court has taken suo moto cognizance and issued notices to the hospital authorities, Director General Health Services and the Principal Health Secretary.

After that, when the Joint Director level officer of the health department, Abha Shirvastav carried out checks at the hospital, she admitted that the hospital was poorly managed and lacked basic facilities. According to her the medicine stock was inadequate and there was also a shortage of disposable items like syringes.

"We are trying to find out the record and see what caused the deaths. We need to know when the children were admitted and in what condition. If a child was brought in a serious condition then nothing could be done. But if there were lapses in the treatment, that is something we are trying to find out. There is a lot of suffocation in the wards because of overcrowding and the AC's don't work. Also it was teeming with visitors when they should not be allowed inside the wards," she said.

A departmental probe has also been ordered into the deaths.




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News Network
March 7,2020

Palghar, Mar 7: Police have arrested a man for allegedly cheating several shopkeepers in Maharashtra's Thane, Pune and Nashik by making phone calls in a woman's voice, police said on Friday.

The accused, Shashikant Ambekar (42), a resident of Palghar, was arrested in the last week of February, they said.

"He used to note down the phone numbers mentioned on different shops and call the owners in a woman's voice to order some things from them. He would tell them that he had a Rs 2000 currency note and needed change," an official said.

"He would ask the shopkeepers to send smaller denomination notes for exchange. He would wait at the entrance of buildings and when the delivery man arrived, he used to tell that he was there on behalf of the ''caller woman''.

"He would then take the currency notes from the delivery man saying he would get the Rs 2,000 note from the woman. However, he would disappear from the scene," the official said.

Police have seized Rs 1,85,000 from the accused and found that so far he has committed 22 similar crimes in different parts of the state.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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Agencies
July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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