Bilaspur: Chhattisgarh Health Minister Amar Agrawal, who has faced Opposition’s ire since the sterilisation deaths in November, has given a clean chit to a government-run hospital where at least 13 infants, most of them reportedly born premature, died last week, evoking sharp reactions from the Congress party.
The families are devastated. Shyamu’s twin sons were born in Kalmitar village on November 30. The day after, when their health deteriorated, they were taken to the Ratanpur Community Health Centre and then to the CIMS. A week later, both babies died.
Chhattisgarh health minister Amar Agrawal – whose resignation the state Congress has been demanding since the sterilisation deaths in November – has given the hospital a clean chit. The divisional collector and I investigated the infant deaths in Bilaspur. The doctors are not at fault and proper medical treatment was given to the infants,” Agrawal said.
“The health minister’s claim is very surprising and insensitive. This is another reason why he should not remain the health minister,” said Leader of Opposition TS Singhdeo. “There are 17 district hospitals… Why haven’t infant deaths been reported from there, why only in Bilaspur?”
We were never considering Amar Agrawal’s resignation; the Congress has been making it an issue.The new born babies died due to various reasons,” Murty said, ruling out casualties as a result of hospital borne infections or any specific injections or drugs administered.
The condition of the NICU is completely good and it is properly disinfected and sterilised regularly, he said. However, he also said that the hospital is closely looking into the matter and making inquiries into it.
Bureau Report
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