Over 1,000 kids died in Adani-run hospital in Kutch in 5 years: Govt
Team Udayavani, Feb 21, 2019, 5:38 AM IST
Gandhinagar: Over 1,000 children have died at the Adani Foundation-run GK General Hospital in Bhuj town of Kutch district during the last five years, the Gujarat government told the legislative assembly on Wednesday.
Responding to a written query by Santokben Arethia (Congress) during the Question Hour, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said in his written reply that as many as 1,018 children had died at the Adani Foundation-run hospital in the last five years.
As per the figures shared by Mr Patel, who handles the Health portfolio, 188 children had died in 2014-15, 187 in 2015-16, 208 in 2016-17, 276 in 2017-18 and 159 in 2018-19 (till now) from different ailments and medical complications.
Mr Patel added that a committee was formed in May last year to probe the causes of the deaths.
In its report, the committee listed various reasons behind the death of the children (infants), Mr Patel said in his reply.
These included serious complications among prematurely born babies, infectious diseases, respiratory complications, birth asphyxia and sepsis among infants either referred to the hospital or born there, he said.
Referring to the panel report findings, Mr Patel told the assembly that the treatment administered by the hospital was as per the “set protocols and standard guidelines”.
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