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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 …

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 …

CM Omar Abdullah shocked to see monkey in hospital

July 6, 2012
The chief minister of  Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdulla expressed shock at seeing pictures of a monkey in a government hospitalin Jammu and said he had sought an explanation from the minister. Hospital authorities, however, said …

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 …

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 …

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 …

J & K infant deaths: Azad orders recruitment of docs, training for nurses, free medicines for the children

May 21, 2012
Amidst the many infant deaths that are still continuing at the G B Pant Children's Hospital in J & K, the two-day visit by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is helping get a few things in place. After inspecting the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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," …

J & K Chief Min orders probe into infant deaths at G.B.Pant Hospital

May 18, 2012
Due to the increasing number of neonatal deaths at the G.B.Pant Hospital in Kashmir, the J & K Minister Omar Abdullah ordered a probe into the issue. Dr. Shoukat Ali Zargar, Director of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical …