Tag: Infant Dies

Keonjhar: A two-month-old infant died couple of hours after being administered vaccination at Puskala village under Telkoi in Keonjhar district late on Wednesday night.Tension ran high in the village after locals detained an Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery (ANM) today in connection with the incident. The infuriated villagers also resorted to road blockade demanding adequate compensation for […]

Rourkela: An infant, who was administered a dose DPT vaccine on Wednesday, died within a few hours of the shot, her family alleged. The three-month-old daughter of one Saroj Sahu was administered the vaccine at their house in Malgodown area under Uditnagar police limits by an Anganwadi worker. Three hours later, the baby died, the […]

Keonjhar: A 25-day-old infant, who was undergoing treatment at District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) Keonjhar after being branded with hot iron, succumbed to the injuries today. Earlier on July 29, the newborn boy was branded with hot iron to cure stomach ailments at Kharba village under Harichandanpur block in the district. The matter came to light […]

Jharsuguda: Tension ran high in Jharsuguda town for the second consecutive day on Sunday over death of an infant at the district headquarters hospital (DHH) due to alleged medical negligence yesterday. According to sources, one Sali Solu of Mangal Bazar in the town had admitted his nine-month-old son at the DHH after the latter sustained […]

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 […]