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A dying system [1]

The death of 16 women admitted to a government hospital in Jodhpur for childbirth exposes the sorry state of the public health system in Rajasthan.

THE death of 16 women, who had sought obstetric care, within a span of a fortnight following infection caused by contaminated intravenous (IV) fluid injection and unhygienic conditions in a leading government hospital in Jodhpur district of Rajastha

Publication Date: 
08/04/2011
T. K. Rajalakshmi [2]
Frontline (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Rajasthan [4], Jodhpur (D) [5], Maternal Health [6], National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) [7], Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare [8]
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