Odisha Infant Death

As if the death of 19 tribal children in Odisha due to malnutrition was not bad enough, a minister in Naveen Patnaik's government has now blamed the disaster on the large size of tribal families.

A woman delivered a baby at the verandah of a state-run hospital without medical assistance this morning, but the infant died after sometime even as his family members alleged negligence.

After Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the spurt in infant deaths at Sishu Bhavan in Cuttack, a new service to treat ailing mothers accompanying their sick children was started at the paediatric hospital.

As many as 151 infants died in different hospitals between April and July, reflecting a grim infant and child health care situation in Odisha which recently reported an alarming rate of deaths of newborns in Cuttack and Kandhamal.

In a bid to strengthen the party in Odisha, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is slated to lead a "save farmers march" in Bargarh district during his two-day visit to state starting on September 10.

With Odisha government refusing to take service of six doctors sent by the Centre to work at Sishu Bhavan in Cuttack, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today asked the state to refrain from indulging in politics at least in the health matters.

61 infants have died at a children's hospital in Cuttack in Odisha in just two weeks, sparking protests and forcing the state government of Navin Patnaik to launch an investigation.

With five new infant deaths reported yesterday the toll at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics has gone up to 53 in past 11 days.

Accusing the BJD government of failing to take steps to check rising infant deaths at Sishu Bhawan at Cuttack, BJP today said it would stage protest across the state on September 2 to highlight the crumbling health services in Odisha.

It seems Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics, popularly known as Sishu Bhawan, Cuttack, is a virtual death trap as more than 5,900 infants have died while undergoing treatment in the last five years.

Inadequate staff and poor infrastructure were seen by an expert from Union Health Ministry as major causes of recent spurt in infant deaths in Sishu Bhawan where the toll went upto 47 today.

As a probe began today into the death of nine infants in the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of VSS Medical College and Hospital at Burla, resentment was written large on the faces of the aggrieved parents.

As if the death of 19 tribal children in Odisha due to malnutrition was not bad enough, a minister in Naveen Patnaik's government has now blamed the disaster on the large size of tribal families.

A woman delivered a baby at the verandah of a state-run hospital without medical assistance this morning, but the infant died after sometime even as his family members alleged negligence.

After Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the spurt in infant deaths at Sishu Bhavan in Cuttack, a new service to treat ailing mothers accompanying their sick children was started at the paediatric hospital.

As many as 151 infants died in different hospitals between April and July, reflecting a grim infant and child health care situation in Odisha which recently reported an alarming rate of deaths of newborns in Cuttack and Kandhamal.

In a bid to strengthen the party in Odisha, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is slated to lead a "save farmers march" in Bargarh district during his two-day visit to state starting on September 10.

With Odisha government refusing to take service of six doctors sent by the Centre to work at Sishu Bhavan in Cuttack, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today asked the state to refrain from indulging in politics at least in the health matters.

61 infants have died at a children's hospital in Cuttack in Odisha in just two weeks, sparking protests and forcing the state government of Navin Patnaik to launch an investigation.

With five new infant deaths reported yesterday the toll at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics has gone up to 53 in past 11 days.

Accusing the BJD government of failing to take steps to check rising infant deaths at Sishu Bhawan at Cuttack, BJP today said it would stage protest across the state on September 2 to highlight the crumbling health services in Odisha.

It seems Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics, popularly known as Sishu Bhawan, Cuttack, is a virtual death trap as more than 5,900 infants have died while undergoing treatment in the last five years.

Inadequate staff and poor infrastructure were seen by an expert from Union Health Ministry as major causes of recent spurt in infant deaths in Sishu Bhawan where the toll went upto 47 today.

As a probe began today into the death of nine infants in the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of VSS Medical College and Hospital at Burla, resentment was written large on the faces of the aggrieved parents.