Rajasthan suspends three doctors after 86 children die in Banswara

Jaipur Sep 4 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Monday suspended three doctors and put five awaiting posting orders after 86 children died in a government hospital in the state s Banswara an official said.

"The decision to this effect was taken after a departmental committee submitted its report to the state Medical & Health Department. Besides suspending three doctors and putting five doctors under awaiting posting orders we have also taken disciplinary action against three other doctors and four nursing staff " a senior official of the department told IANS.

The Rajasthan government on August 31 set up a committee to probe into alleged deaths of over 85 children in the last two months in the Banswara hospital.

Banswara s Chief Medical and Health Officer said that the district hospital recorded death of 86 children less than one month old in the July-August period and the reasons of death vary from birth asphyxia to low weight and pneumonia and infections among other things.

Banswara which is mainly a tribal area has a population of 20 lakh but only one government hospital which suffers from lack of doctors.

--IANS
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