Thirteen newborns died in the
Burdwan Medical College and four more at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's
Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, taking the toll
in the two government hospitals in West Bengal to 30 today.
Though the deaths have raised a question mark on the
standard of healthcare in paediatric hospitals in the state, authorities
claimed that it was not unusual.
Since yesterday, four babies died at the B C Roy
Children's Hospital and 12 at the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital,
which also saw a death today.
"The one-to-three day-old babies were underweight and
suffering from jaundice, encephalitis and septicaemia," Burdwan Medical
College and Hospital Deputy Superintendent Tapas Kumar Ghosh said.
Deputy Director of Medical Education Susanta Banerjee
and Health Commissioner Dilip Ghosh were sent by Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee to the hospital.
Banerjee said that there was no medical negligence in
the death of the babies as they were referred in a moribund stage and
that one or two deaths occurred daily.
He said that in two and half months the number of beds would be increased to 190 from the current 60.
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