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Shameful: More newborns die in India than anywhere else in the world

May 8, 2013

India accounts for 29 percent of all the first-day deaths globally, the highest for any country, according to the ‘State of the World’s Mothers’ report released by ‘Save the Children’ on May 6th 2013. This dismal rank …

Tags: Child nutrition,Children's health,IMR,India,Infant death,Infant mortality,Infant Mortality Rate,Malnutrition,Neonatal mortality,Newborn Death,Save the children

Perform or quit, Omar tells medics following infants’ death

December 17, 2012

Admitting the lack of adequate medical facilities in the state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday warned the medics either to perform or quit. The warning came after two children died due to alleged …

Tags: Baramulla,Infant deaths,J & K infant deaths,Kashmir,Medical malpractice,Neonatal deaths,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah

Spectre of crib deaths returns to haunt the Valley

December 17, 2012

The death of two infants at the district hospital in Baramulla in north Kashmir has brought back the spectre of crib deaths. Earlier in May, the GB Pant Children’s hospital was in the news for an abnormally high number of …

Tags: Baramulla,G.B.Pant Hospital,Infant mortality,J & K infant deaths,Kashmir,Medical malpractice,Medical negligence,Neonatal deaths,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah

Bombay HC refuses to give relief to doc charged with medical negligence

September 4, 2012

One year ago Tabassum Sohrab Shaikh, a pregnant woman was forced to deliver a baby outside the Bhabha Hospital. Dr Kulkarni examined her and then referred her to Dr Gaikwad. Though they referred Shaikh to a higher centre they …

Tags: Bhabha hospital,Gynaecology,Medical malpractice,Medical negligence,Neonatal mortality,Obstetrics,Pregnant woman,Stillbirth

What ails India’s healthcare system

November 26, 2012

The right to good health is of paramount importance. It's sad that we, the world's most populous democracy, can't guarantee that to our citizens. India has the most inequitable healthcare scenario feasible. On one hand, our …

Tags: 12th Five year plan,66th Independence day,BRHC,Dengue,Diabetes,Health care in India,Healthcare,Healthcare difficulties of India,Healthcare in India,Independence day,Independence day 2012,India,Infant mortality,Jai Hind,Malaria,National Rural Health Mission,Neonatal mortality,NRHM

There’s still hope: An introduction to India’s healthcare initiatives

October 3, 2012

Over the post-independence years India has launched several health programs. In this article we highlight a few such programs that have improved or have the potential to improve the health of India’s populace. National Rural …

Tags: AIDS,Bachelor of Rural Health Care,BRHC,Drugs,Ghulam Nabi Azad,HIV+,Independence day 2012,Kerala,Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,NACO,National AIDS Control Organization,National Rural Health Mission,Neonatal mortality,NRHM,Primary Health care

Healthcare achievements of post-independent India

October 3, 2012

Health is wealth. In recent years, India appears to have finally internalized this old adage to apply the much-needed and long-awaited focus on the health of its citizenry. In 2005, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated “We …

Tags: Birth expectancy,Cholera,Gapminder: Health Statistics,Health in India Since Independence,HIV+,Independence day 2012,Infant mortality,Leprosy,Malaria,Malnutrition,Maternal Mortality,National Centre for Disease Control,National Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme,Neonatal mortality,TB,Tuberculosis

Another infant death at G B Pant hospitals sparks off protests

June 14, 2012

Another infant death at the G B Pant hospital on Wednesday sparked off protests by aggrieved family members. According to the family, the new born baby was shifted to the G B Pant hospital from Biijbehara Sub-District hospital on …

Tags: G.B.Pant Hospital,Infant mortality,J & K infant deaths,Kashmir,Neonatal deaths,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah

G B Pant infant deaths: Docs hit back at corrupt administration

May 23, 2012

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) alleges that the action taken against doctors in the J & K infant deaths case has been done to cover up administrative botches. Even the selection of a retired doctor as Medical …

Tags: DAK,Doctors Association of Kashmir,G.B.Pant Hospital,Infant mortality,J & K infant deaths,Kashmir,Neonatal deaths,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah

G B Pant Hospital infant deaths: Who is to be blamed?

May 22, 2012

There has been alarming number of neonatal deaths at the GB Pant Children’s hospital and the doctors and government are playing the usual blame game, saying the other party is responsible for these dire circumstances. What most …

Tags: G.B.Pant Hospital,Infant mortality,J & K infant deaths,Kashmir,Neonatal deaths,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah

895 babies died at the G B Pant hospital last year; why was the state government quiet?

May 21, 2012

While there has been a lot of hue and cry about the fact that 380 babies died at the G B Pant Children’s Hospital in Srinagar, the fact is that almost 900 baby deaths were reported last year as well. The Department of Medical …

Tags: G.B.Pant Hospital,Ghulam Nabi Azad,Health Minister,Infant mortality,J & K crib deaths Infant deaths in kashmir,J & K infant deaths,jammu & kashmir,Kashmir,Neonatal deaths,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah,Satyamev jayate

Health Minister calls J & K crib deaths a ‘matter of shame’

May 20, 2012

Between May 18 and 19, official sources said that that four more infants died in the G B Pant Children’s hospital. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who hails from the state termed the infant deaths at the hospital ‘a …

Tags: G.B.Pant Hospital,Ghulam Nabi Azad,Health Minister,Infant mortality,J & K crib deaths Infant deaths in kashmir,J & K infant deaths,jammu & kashmir,Kashmir,Neonatal deaths,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah

G B Pant infant deaths: Omar Abdullah promises visible improvement within 10 days

May 20, 2012

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah visited the G.B. Pant Hospital in Srinagar on Friday where 368 children have died since Jan 1 allegedly due to negligence and inadequate facilities. Describing the situation at the hospital as …

Tags: G.B.Pant Hospital,Infant mortality,J & K crib deaths Infant deaths in kashmir,J & K infant deaths,jammu & kashmir,Kashmir,Neonatal deaths,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah

MLA blames Kashimiri hospital for children’s deaths

May 18, 2012

A sitting MLA led a protest outside the G.P. Pant Hospital in summer capital Srinagar, blaming the doctors for the death of Kashmiri children at the premier hospital. "It is nothing short of a mass murder of our children," …

Tags: Children deaths,G.B.Pant Hospital,Infant mortality,J & K infant deaths,Kashmir,Neonatal mortality,Omar Abdullah

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