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30 children die in 48 hours!
In a horrifying incident, as many as 30 children died due to alleged disruption in oxygen supply at Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital (BRD Hospital) here within a span of 48 hours since Thursday. It is a specialty hospital frequented by many in the region that is prone to cases of Encephalitis.
GORAKHPUR: In a horrifying incident, as many as 30 children died due to alleged disruption in oxygen supply at Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital (BRD Hospital) here within a span of 48 hours since Thursday. It is a specialty hospital frequented by many in the region that is prone to cases of Encephalitis.
Hospital sources said the agency responsible for the supply of oxygen stopped it last night, leading to the death of around 20 children on Thursday, at least 12 of whom were suffering from Encephalitis. Ten more deaths were reported on Friday evening.
The hospital has a special ward for patients of Encephalitis. The incident comes barely two days after the visit of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to the hospital to review its functioning.
It is learnt that the supply shut down on Thursday night resulting in the death of 20 children. It was then that the hospital woke up to the emergency and managed to get the supply going once again. However, on Thursday, the supply was disrupted again leading to more deaths.
The hospital has, however, denied 'shortage of oxygen' as the cause of deaths and said the deaths were due to Encephalitis.
