Kota (Rajasthan): J K Lon Hospital is again in news for wrong reasons as nine newborn babies have lost their lives in the past 24 hours.
The bereaved families have protested saying the hospital staff, including the doctors, were not providing medical care professionally and the "infants died due to their carelessness".
There is a chaotic situation in the hospital after the deaths.
Meanwhile, the Rajasthan government has constituted a four-member committee to investigate the matter.
State Health Minister Raghu Sharma said the committee, which includes medical education commissioner Shivangi Swarnkar and other officials, will visit the facility and investigate every case of infant
death.
He said the committee will look into overall arrangements at the hospital such as requirement and availability of medical staff, availability of medical equipment, and medicines.
It will submit its report to the state government in three days, the minister added.
Sharma also directed all principals of all medical colleges of the state to take special care towards the treatment of newborn children, according to a release.
As many as 29 infants have died in the hospital during the past 11 days, leading to complete chaos in the health facility.
State Human Rights Commission secretary B L Meena and registrar Omi Purohit are also scheduled to visit the hospital on December 14.
They are to hold meetings with the divisional commissioner, IG, collector, SP, chief municipal health officer and other officials, sources said.
The opposition BJP slammed the Congress-led state government over the deaths of the infants and also formed a committee which will visit the hospital.
Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia said 107 infants had died in the same hospital last year but the government "took no lessons" and now nine infants have died in the hospital.
The committee consists of deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore, the BJP''s state general secretary and MLA Madan Dilawar, MP Jaskaur Meena and MLA Sandeep Sharma.
