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12 pregnant women die in 10 days before Jodhpur hospital wakes up, says IV `tainted' [1]

UMAID Two foetuses die, 10 survive; first probe finds `tainted' IV fluid, doctors say need to probe more IT took 10 days and the death of 12 fullterm pregnant women in Jodhpur in Rajasthan before state health authorities woke up to suspect that all might have died after being administered "infected" intravenous "dextrose and ringer lactose" fluids.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Rajasthan [3], Jodhpur (D) [4], Women [5], Maternal Health [6]
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