Tag: Infant Death

The decision has been taken in view of the emotional trauma caused due to stillbirth or death of a child soon after birth.

Rourkela: An under-treatment nine-day-old infant, who had sustained severe burn injuries after a major fire mishap at the newborn ward of Om Appolo Hospital in Rourkela on Saturday, succumbed today at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. The infant identified as the son of one Manoj Das, a resident of Deogaon area of Rourkela, was admitted […]

Khurda: A doctor of Khurda district headquarters hospital who was allegedly abducted by the relatives of an infant who died on Thursday, returned safe after his abductors dropped him off at the bypass road near Batamangala Temple. Sources said, the doctor identified as Pradeep Das is a Paediatrician at the hospital. As per allegations, an […]

In a bizarre incident, a 21-day-old infant died allegedly after consuming polio drops at Kathiapada on Sunday

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday said 49 infants have died in a Farrukhabad hospital in the past 30 days. Orders have been issued transferring the District Magistrate, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Superintendent of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital at Farrukhabad, a government spokesperson said. Between July 20 and August 21, 461 […]

New York: Just one cigarette a day during pregnancy can double the risk of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), warned a study. SUID is defined as sudden and unexpected death of a baby below one year of age, in which the cause is not obvious before investigation. For women, who smoked an average of 1-20 […]

New Delhi: Nursing a grudge against a girl who had hit his younger sibling, an eight-and-a-half-year-old boy allegedly killed her toddler brother in South Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri, police said Monday. According to a senior police officer, few days back, the elder sister of the toddler pushed the accused’s younger brother due to which he fell […]

Soro: In a stomach churning incident, a stray dog was found feeding on the corpse of an infant in Soro area of Balasore district today. The shocking incident was reported from Soro hospital in front of which the canine was spotted gnashing on the corpse. According to sources, two passersby spotted the dog feeding on […]

Cuttack: Issues like unreliability, absence of doctors and lack of infrastructure gripping primary hospitals continue to expose the chinks in the shoddy healthcare system of the State. Just days before the launch of Mo Sarkar initiative by the State government to make the healthcare sector more people-friendly and accountable, a newborn died during delivery outside a hospital in Cuttack […]

Ahmedabad: As many as 111 infants died at a civil hospital in Gujarat’s Rajkot district in December last year, an official said on Sunday. Similarly, over 100 infants died in two government hospitals in Jodhpur in December last year, a report has found amid growing outrage over infant deaths in a Kota hospital. “As per […]