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May 25, 2018 17:26 IST
A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur in August, of which 213 fatalities were in the neo natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, its principal Dr. P.K. Singh said.
There have been 1,250 deaths since last January at the hospital, especially in the encephalitis, infant and children’s wards, he observed.
Giving a break-up of the casualties, Dr. Singh said 37 children died on August 27 and 28. Of this, 26 died in the neo natal ICU (NICU) and 11 in the encephalitis ward.
The death toll in January was 152 (143 in the NICU and nine in the encephalitis ward), in February it was 122 (117 and five), in March 159 (141 and 18), in April 123 (114 and nine), May 139 (127 and 12), June 137 (125 and 12), July 128 (95 and 33), he said.
“A lot many lives can be saved if patients are brought here earlier,” Dr. Singh stressed.
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Doctors and relatives wearing protective gear dig a grave to bury the body of a victim who died at a burial ground . The government on Friday asked Dr Kafeel Khan, the suspended paediatrician of the BRD Medical College in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, to defer his plan to visit the areas affected by the deadly Nipah virus in the state. (REUTERS)
A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur in August, of which 213 fatalities were in the neo natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, its principal Dr. P.K. Singh said.
There have been 1,250 deaths since last January at the hospital, especially in the encephalitis, infant and children’s wards, he observed.
Giving a break-up of the casualties, Dr. Singh said 37 children died on August 27 and 28. Of this, 26 died in the neo natal ICU (NICU) and 11 in the encephalitis ward.
The death toll in January was 152 (143 in the NICU and nine in the encephalitis ward), in February it was 122 (117 and five), in March 159 (141 and 18), in April 123 (114 and nine), May 139 (127 and 12), June 137 (125 and 12), July 128 (95 and 33), he said.
“A lot many lives can be saved if patients are brought here earlier,” Dr. Singh stressed.
...Where did Military Intelligence investigation came in this hospital issue ???
