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Six infants die in Vijayawada Govt hospital | Six newborn babies died under mysterious circumstances
at the infants' ward of a state-run hospital here. The parents accused the hospital staff of being callous
and alleged that their children died due to the failure of incubators. "We were
informed by the hospital authorities that there was blood outside the ears of
the baby but when we went to see, the blood was not there and also we were informed
very late about the death of the baby," said Venkateshwar, a parent. The hospital
authorities have put the blame on the non-working ventilator system inside the
hospital for the deaths. "There was not any ventilator in the hospital, the only
one that is there has not been installed," said Joint Collector Ramaih. The authorities
have nevertheless probed an inquiry into the deaths. Krishna district collector
Peeyush Kumar has ordered an inquest into the matter to find out whether failure
of the incubators led to the deaths. The Resident Medical Officer of the hospital
P Ramagopal said they were inquiring into the genuine reason of the death of the
babies. Telugu Desam Party MLA Devineni Umamaheswara Rao visited the hospital
and held the doctors responsible for the deaths. Nine newborn babies are currently in
incubators and the condition of one of them is reported to be critical. |
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