Gorakhpur tragedy: Another key accused Dr Kafeel Khan arrested
India | September 02, 2017 14:12 ISTDr Kafeel Khan was sacked by the state government six days back for not adhering to the norms of the Indian Medical Council.
Dr Kafeel Khan was sacked by the state government six days back for not adhering to the norms of the Indian Medical Council.
A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College here in the month of August, of which 213 died in the neo natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, principal P K Singh said
Rahul Gandhi is visiting BRD hospital in Gorakhpur today. More than 70 infants have died in this state-run hospital since August 7 allegedly due to disruption of oxygen supply – a claim the state government has dismissed.
Akhilesh said matters coming to the fore on the issue smack of corruption, somewhere causing a breakdown in the supply of oxygen in the ward
The report has held supplier Pushpa Sales responsible for stopping the supply of liquid oxygen, saying it should not have done so as it was in the business of saving lives
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mentioned in his Independence Day speech the recent death of nearly 70 children at a state-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh, and said sympathies of the entire nation were with the affected families
A shocking revelation has exposed that several doctors at the hospital offer private services to the patients at their residence, despite strict restriction on it by the government
BJP chief Amit Shah today attempted to play down the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy saying such "accidents" have taken place in the past as well.
The Uttar Pradesh government’s medical education department, in a letter to the medical colleges, also directed them to immediately pay all the outstanding dues to the oxygen suppliers (if any).
At least 63 children have died in last five days due to various reasons in the BRD Medical College Hospital.
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