Patna: Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav has ordered a departmental probe in connection with the death of a five-day-old infant died at the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital.
"I took up the matter with senior officers of the health department and ordered an inquiry into the death of the child at NMCH," the minister told reporters as he emerged from the Legislative Assembly.
The family of the deceased child - which belongs to the Raghopur Assembly constituency represented by Tej Pratap's brother and Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav - has alleged that the infant's death on Monday night was caused by the lack of ventilator support at the hospital.
The health minister, who is the elder son of RJD President Lalu Prasad, meanwhile, also said that he has ordered a crackdown on the sale of fake medicines in the state.
"You must be reading in newspapers about the impact of my orders against touts and the sale of fake medicines in PMCH," he said when asked as to how effective had his orders been.
"I took up the matter with senior officers of the health department and ordered an inquiry into the death of the child at NMCH," the minister told reporters as he emerged from the Legislative Assembly.
The family of the deceased child - which belongs to the Raghopur Assembly constituency represented by Tej Pratap's brother and Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav - has alleged that the infant's death on Monday night was caused by the lack of ventilator support at the hospital.
The health minister, who is the elder son of RJD President Lalu Prasad, meanwhile, also said that he has ordered a crackdown on the sale of fake medicines in the state.
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"You must be reading in newspapers about the impact of my orders against touts and the sale of fake medicines in PMCH," he said when asked as to how effective had his orders been.
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