Death Of Babies In West Bengal

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  From Near Death To Full Recovery: 'Beer' The Elephant's Remarkable Journey

  Beer, a weak premature baby elephant was rescued by the team of Indian forest officer Parveen Kaswan in September 2020.

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  3 Elephants Die After Being Hit By Train In Horrifying Bengal Accident

  Three elephants were killed in an accident involving a parcel train in the forest of Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal today. One baby and two adult elephants were hit by a parcel train leading to their deaths.

• Darjeeling: 15 newborn babies die in hospital

  Fifteen newborn babies have died in the state-run North Bengal Medical College and Hospital at Siliguri in the district since Monday, hospital superintendent Dr Amerendra Nath Sarker said on Tuesday.

• Malda: 16 infants die in three days in state-run hospital

  Three more babies died at the Malda Medical College and Hospital today, taking the total number of crib deaths in the facility to 16 in the past three days.

• 15 babies die in Kolkata hospital in three days

  Fifteen crib deaths were reported at the state-run B C Roy child Hospital since Tuesday.

• 23 children die in Malda hospital in four days

  With the death of four children on Tuesday, altogether 23 crib deaths were reported from Malda Medical College and Hospital in Malda district since Saturday, hospital sources said.

• Nine infants die in Malda hospital

  Nine babies died within a space of 12 hours at the Malda Medical College and Hospital in the district where barely two months back 20 newborns had died. Of the nine babies, who died between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, seven were aged between one and 26 days while two others were between the ages of six and eight months, hospital sources...

• Woman burnt to death for 'giving birth to girls'

  A young woman was burnt to death, apparently for giving birth to baby girls consecutively, at Khargram in Murshidabad district of West Bengal today.

• Irritated by wailing, father kills baby girl

  Enraged by the continuous bawling of his infant daughter, a man allegedly flung the two-month-old baby down a drain resulting in her death in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Monday.

• Mamata dubs baby deaths as 'rumour'

  Blaming a section of the media for joining the opposition chorus over death of babies in state-run hospitals, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today dubbed it as 'rumour' since the child mortality rate has dropped in the state.

• Infant deaths continue in West Bengal; govt in denial?

  There seems to be no end in sight to the horror of infant deaths in West Bengal. From Malda, which recently witnessed the shocking death of 15 babies within 48 hours at a government hospital, the focus has now shifted to Murshidabad. 10 newborns have died in the last two days in a state-run hospital in Behrampore in the district.

• Pregnant woman's death: Bengal Govt gives clean chit to Health Department

  Two days after a woman died giving birth to twin babies on a pavement in the city, causing public outcry against medical negligence, West Bengal government has claimed that no state-run hospital refused to admit her and that she had actually died at her residence.

• Death of babies in West Bengal a matter of concern: Governor Narayanan

  West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan today expressed concern over the death of several babies in the state and said steps are being taken to stop any more tragedy. "Yes, it is matter of concern. West Bengal government is working on it," he told reporters when asked about the death of babies due to various diseases in West Bengal.