3 Doc's removed as 90 infants die in MG hospital of Banswara

Three doctors have been removed and five have been suspended for deaths of more than 90 newborns in MG hospital in Banswara district of Rajasthan in last two months.
 
The suspension orders were released on Monday evening after the second team of doctors sent by health minister Kalicharan Saraf went there on Sunday to probe in the deaths. According to report hospital staff too has been held responsible for the negligence in the care of new borns.
 
The team comprises of six doctors, including three gynaecologists ­ Dr Radha Rastogi, Dr Bharti Beelwal and Dr Priyanka Joshi and three paediatricians ­Dr Pradeep Meena, Dr Rajendra Chandel and Dr Sanjay ­ from Udaipur's government-run medical college, said Anand Kumar, principal secretary of medical education.
 
"The district hospital recorded the deaths of 90 newborns in July and August," Chief Medical and Health Officer, Banswara, Dr H L Tabiyar told media. He said several of them died due to birth asphyxia but an exact number of those who perished because of this reason will be known after an investigation. Birth asphyxia is a medical condition resulting from deprivation of oxygen to a newborn during the birth process.

The casualties were reported from the sick newborn care unit (SNCU) of the hospital in Banswara, which is nearly 500 km from the state capital Jaipur. According to MG hospital's report, from 20 deaths at the SNCU ward in April and 18 in May, the figure rose to 26 in June, 50 in July but downed to 40 in August.

The report also shows that the number of deaths of underweight children, too, has increased significantly-- from 6 in April and 4 in May to 14 in July and 20 in August.

The report comes close on the death of dozens of children at a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur amid allegations that the newborns had died due to snapped oxygen supply over unpaid bills.