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

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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February 26,2020

Kota, Feb 26: At least 24 people died and four others sustained injuries as a private bus carrying a wedding party fell into a river on Kota–Dausa highway in Bundi district on Wednesday morning, police said.

The wedding party with 28 persons on board was headed to Sawai Madhopur from Kota early morning when the driver apparently lost balance of the bus while traversing a bridge near Papdi village under Lekhari police station limits, Lakheri Sub-Inspector Rajendra Kumar said.

The bus, subsequently, plunged into Mej river from the bridge that had no wall or railing, Kumar said.

Thirteen people died on the spot while 10 others succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital, he added.

The deaths include 11 men, 10 women and three children.

The injured were rushed to Lekhari government hospital from where the critically injured are being referred to a government hospital in Kota, the SI further said.

Most of the injured people were rescued with the help of locals in the village, he added.

Mej river is a tributary of the Chambal river in Rajasthan.

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June 8,2020

New Delhi, Jun 8: A 10-month-old girl allegedly lost her life in an accident in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar area, the police said on Sunday.

"The incident took place when the baby was in the compound of the parking area at the ground floor of her residence and the driver of Mercedes Benz was reversing the car," a police official said.

The deceased was identified as Radhika, whose father Rakesh used to work as the security guard in the said residence.

The unfortunate incident occurred at around 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon following which the baby was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital where she was declared brought dead.

The owner of the said Mercedes Benz SUV is identified as Jassbir Singh who is into elevator business. At the time of the incident, his driver Akhilesh was driving the said vehicle.

"The offending vehicle has also been taken into possession and the FSL team is being summoned for inspection. Investigation in this matter is underway," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West Delhi.

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June 10,2020

Jun 10: In a suspected case of honor killing in Telangana, a 20-year old woman was allegedly smothered to death by her parents for being in love with a man from another caste, becoming pregnant and refusing to undergo an abortion, police said on Tuesday.

The parents killed their daughter using a pillow while she was asleep in the early hours of June 7 in their house in Kalukuntla in Jogulamba-Gadwal district and sought to project it as natural death, claiming she died of a heart attack.

However, following specific information and suspicion raised by the village secretary over the death of the woman, a college student, a probe was launched and the couple arrested on charges of murder under Indian Penal Code section 302 after post-mortem, police said.

The parents decided to kill the woman, the youngest of their three daughters, a day after she was found pregnant and refused to undergo an abortion, police said.

The woman had fallen in love with the man while pursuing her degree course in Kurnool district in neighboring Andhra Pradesh and informed her parents about it after she was found pregnant during an examination by a doctor. Her parents feared that their daughter may elope with her lover and brought pressure on her to go for abortion.

Though initially, she agreed, later she declined, following which they killed her and told everyone that their daughter died of heart attack, the police official said. When a police team went to their house and insisted on a post-mortem after noticing some marks on her body indicating a struggle, the parents tried to stop it, saying there was no need.

Later, police shifted the body to a hospital where a post-mortem revealed the woman was "throttled to death". Her parents during interrogation confessed to killing their daughter, the official said, adding they were arrested.

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