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| Chib admits 358 children died in GB Pant hospital since Jan, CM orders probe | | | early times report
Srinagar, May 16 After R.S. Chib, Minister for Medical Education admitted 358 children had died in the GB Pant hospital since January and 40 since May 1, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said the State Cabinet had taken a serious note of the reported deaths of children in city's G.B. Pant hospital.
Omar Abdullah said on his twitter micro blogging site today, "Cabinet has taken serious note of the situation in GB Pant hospital. Director of the Medical Institute has been asked to review functioning."
A Government order issued after the meeting of the State Cabinet chaired by Omar Abdullah here today said Dr. Shoukat Ali Zargar, Director of the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura (SKIMS) would probe the deaths of children in the city's G.B. Pant hospital and submit report to the Government within one week.
Local newspapers had reported that 15 children had died in the hospital during the last fortnight.
R. S. Chib had visited the hospital today under instructions from the chief minister to take stock of the situation.
After his visit to the hospital, Chib said better coordination was needed between the Deputy Superintendent and the Superintendent, heads of the four units of the hospital besides an increase in the number of ventilators and nursing staff.
The minister admitted that 15 children had died in the hospital during the last fortnight.
Chib, however, said blaming the deaths of the children on the negligence of the doctors would be premature and the Government would wait for the report of the probe before taking any further action in this matter.
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