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Kota infant deaths: LS Speaker urges CM to strengthen medical facilities

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Published : Jan 2, 2020, 5:45 PM IST

At least twelve more infants have died in the last two days of December at the JK Lon hospital here, taking the death toll to 103 for the month, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has sent a letter to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urging him to strengthen medical facilities in the city.

Kota infant deaths: Speaker Om Birla writes to CM, urges him to strengthen medical facilities
Kota infant deaths: Speaker Om Birla writes to CM, urges him to strengthen medical facilities

New Delhi: After the death of over 100 infants at a hospital in Kota sparked concern among many in the country, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that he has sent a letter to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, urging him to strengthen medical facilities in the city.

"In view of the increasing number of untimely deaths of infants at JK Lon Mother and Child Hospital in Kota, I have sent a reminder letter to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, and urged him to strengthen medical facilities with awareness," tweeted Birla.

  • राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री अशोक गहलोत को पुनः स्मरण पत्र भेजकर संसदीय क्षेत्र कोटा के जेके लोन मातृ एवं शिशु चिकित्सालय में शिशुओं की असमय मृत्यु की प्रतिदिन बढती संख्या को देखते हुए संवेदनशीलता के साथ चिकित्सा सुविधाओं के मजबूत बनाने के लिये आग्रह किया।@ashokgehlot51 @RajCMO

    — Om Birla (@ombirlakota) January 2, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Also Read: Sonia Gandhi upset over children deaths at Kota

Three more children died on December 30 and five more on December 31.

Dr Amrit Bairwa, head of the paediatrics department of the hospital, has stated that the newborns had 'low-birth-weight and hypothermia.'

Seventy-seven children had died in the hospital till December 24 and the toll has now gone up to 103.

Also Read: 9 more deaths in Kota hospital, December's toll rises to 100

New Delhi: After the death of over 100 infants at a hospital in Kota sparked concern among many in the country, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that he has sent a letter to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, urging him to strengthen medical facilities in the city.

"In view of the increasing number of untimely deaths of infants at JK Lon Mother and Child Hospital in Kota, I have sent a reminder letter to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, and urged him to strengthen medical facilities with awareness," tweeted Birla.

  • राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री अशोक गहलोत को पुनः स्मरण पत्र भेजकर संसदीय क्षेत्र कोटा के जेके लोन मातृ एवं शिशु चिकित्सालय में शिशुओं की असमय मृत्यु की प्रतिदिन बढती संख्या को देखते हुए संवेदनशीलता के साथ चिकित्सा सुविधाओं के मजबूत बनाने के लिये आग्रह किया।@ashokgehlot51 @RajCMO

    — Om Birla (@ombirlakota) January 2, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Also Read: Sonia Gandhi upset over children deaths at Kota

Three more children died on December 30 and five more on December 31.

Dr Amrit Bairwa, head of the paediatrics department of the hospital, has stated that the newborns had 'low-birth-weight and hypothermia.'

Seventy-seven children had died in the hospital till December 24 and the toll has now gone up to 103.

Also Read: 9 more deaths in Kota hospital, December's toll rises to 100

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