Gorakhpur: Five infants died at a women's hospital within 36 hours, triggering protest by family members who alleged negligence by the hospital. While three infants died in the hospital on Sunday evening, two others had died earlier, hospital officials said.
The families of the patients are accusing the authorities of gross negligence, saying that there was no medical aid available. They even refused to send the bodies for post-mortem examination.
"The infants died as they were improperly laid down after being fed by their mothers and they could not breathe," chief medical superintendent of the hospital Dr Sunita Kumar said, adding, the death of five infants in the hospital in a short duration is a coincidence.
However, the hospital authorities have denied any wrongdoing. The doctors have claimed that the families are to be blame.
Local MLA Radha Mohan Das Agarwal joined the protest accusing the hospital of negligence and demanded a proper inquiry into the matter.
Following the incident, District Magistrate Ranjan Kumar ordered a magisterial inquiry and assured of necessary action on the basis of the inquiry report.
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