Expressing grief over the deaths, Birla stressed on proper monitoring in the hospital. I have spoken to the hospital management and got a report on the matter. Whatever facts come out, I would discuss it with the state government, the MP told the media after the meeting.
Hospital Superintendent Dulara said a newly constructed 12-bed NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) level-3 ward, which was ready to go functional, was made operational on Friday with 10 nursing staff.
Kota District Collector Ujjawal Rathore, who also attended the meeting, said some pieces of equipment at the hospital were certainly reported to be lying unused, but their number is not considerable .
Raj govt sets up 4-member panel to probe newborns deaths
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Fri, Dec 11 2020 16:48 IST |
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Jaipur, Dec 11 : Rajasthan Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma on Friday constituted a four-member committee to investigate the death of at least nine infants/newborns at JK Lone Mother and Child Hospital in Kota.
Medical Education Secretary Vaibhav Galriya issued the orders in this regard.
The committee will submit its report to the state government in three working days.
The committee includes Medical Education Commissioner Shivangi Swarnkar; Director, RCH Dr Lakshman Singh Ola; Additional Principal and Senior Professor, Paediatrics Department, Dr Amarjeet Mehta; and Additional Principal and Senior Professor, Paediatrics (Medicine), SMS Medical College, Dr Rambabu Sharma.