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J&K probes hospital’s 358 infant deaths [1]

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a probe following reports that as many as 358 children had died in Srinagar’s premier children’s hospital since January 2012. It admitted to 35 deaths having occurred in the last fortnight alone.

Chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, “The Cabinet (which met here Wednesday) has taken a serious note of the situation in G.B. Pant Hospital.” He said Sher-i-Kashmir Instit-ute of Medical Sciences director Showkat Zargar has been asked to review functioning and report back to the Cabinet in one week.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2012
Yusuf Jameel [2]
Asian Age (New Delhi) [3]
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Srinagar (D) [4], Children [5], Infants [6], Encephalitis [7], Infant mortality [8], Jammu (D) [9], Ladakh [10], Child Health [11], Health [12], Jammu & Kashmir [13]
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