Paediatric Sciences News Today

District hospitals, including “mother-and-child hubs”, have been instructed to keep adequate stock of oxygen

Health boss cites training for trend; formation of an eight-member task force announced on Friday

Lack of facilities in districts of West Bengal cited

Blame on lack of exposure to pandemic

‘Viruses spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. They transmit as aerosols,’ says a professor of paediatric medicine

Problem with small kids is that they can’t cough out when pneumonia sets in and stop taking food, says doctor

Among the children who died since Saturday, two were discharged after their condition had improved but had to be readmitted within days

Seven children have died due to respiratory infection in West Bengal, a senior health official said.

All 20 PICU beds at Dr BC Roy Hospital had been occupied for days

We are still waiting for the test report on a nine-month-old to confirm whether she died due to Adenovirus or not: Official