“She is very concerned. Not just her, but the state and entire country is It is not a small incident but a heart-wrenching matter. The entire country has shaken up, “he said.
Pilot’s comments came a day after Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the infant deaths had taken place even when the BJP was in power and in the state – the number of deaths have gone down under the Congress rule, he had said.
When asked about Gehlot’s statement that the number of deaths of children has reduced under the Congress rule, Pilot said, “Whatever I am saying, I am saying with full responsibility.”
State Health Minister Raghu Sharma had also visited the hospital on Friday and blamed the BJP for politicising the matter.
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A central team of experts on Saturday reached the hospital to take stock of the growing number of infant deaths in the area.
A three-member state government committee, which visited the hospital on December and (**********************************************, Found out that the hospital was short of beds and needed improvement. The committee, however, gave a clean chit to the doctors.
The committee formed by the state government has confirmed in its report that infants died due to hypothermia, a medical emergency that occurs when the body temperature falls below 100 degrees. The normal body temperature is .6 degrees, reported IANS.
The report said that
. ************************************ (nebulisers out of 90 were dysfunctional, infusion pumps out of were not working and the same was the story with para monitors and pulse oxymeters.
Citing the deaths of infants, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati warned the Uttar Pradesh government and asked it to take appropriate steps to maintain hospitals in the state.
“After learning a lesson from the painful death of many children in Gorakhpur, UP, the government should be very cautious to maintain its hospitals. Otherwise, it will not take much time for to be like Rajasthan. “
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