Over 100 infants died in two Jodhpur hospitals: report
The report was prepared by S.N. Medical College
06/01/2020, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA,JODHPUR
Over 100 infants died in two government hospitals in in December last year, a report has found amid growing outrage over infant deaths in a Kota hospital.
While a total of 146 children died in Umaid and MDM hospitals in Jodhpur in December, 102 deaths were reported in the neo-natal intensive care unit.
The figures of infant deaths in Jodhpur were given in a report prepared by the S.N. Medical College in the light of casualties in Kota’s J.K. Lon Hospital.
Over 100 infants have died in the government-run hospital in Kota.
S.N. Medical College principal S.S. Rathore, however, said the figure is in the range of international standards of infant mortality.
“A total of 47,815 children had been admitted to the hospitals in 2019 and of this, 754 children died,” said Dr. Rathore.
In December, 4,689 children had been admitted to the hospitals of which 3,002 had been admitted to NICU and ICU and 146 of them died. Dr. Rathore said most of the children who died were those referred from other surrounding districts in a critical condition.
The hospitals here have to bear the load of patients from entire western Rajasthan and children were also referred from hospitals like AIIMS, he said.
He added the critical care unit of the hospitals have been adjudged best in the State for two consecutive years and attributed it to their best practices and care. Though Dr. Rathore denied any shortage of resources at the hospitals, there have been reports that many senior doctors have been running their own private hospitals.
The report was prepared by S.N. Medical College
06/01/2020, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA,JODHPUR
Over 100 infants died in two government hospitals in in December last year, a report has found amid growing outrage over infant deaths in a Kota hospital.
While a total of 146 children died in Umaid and MDM hospitals in Jodhpur in December, 102 deaths were reported in the neo-natal intensive care unit.
The figures of infant deaths in Jodhpur were given in a report prepared by the S.N. Medical College in the light of casualties in Kota’s J.K. Lon Hospital.
Over 100 infants have died in the government-run hospital in Kota.
S.N. Medical College principal S.S. Rathore, however, said the figure is in the range of international standards of infant mortality.
“A total of 47,815 children had been admitted to the hospitals in 2019 and of this, 754 children died,” said Dr. Rathore.
In December, 4,689 children had been admitted to the hospitals of which 3,002 had been admitted to NICU and ICU and 146 of them died. Dr. Rathore said most of the children who died were those referred from other surrounding districts in a critical condition.
The hospitals here have to bear the load of patients from entire western Rajasthan and children were also referred from hospitals like AIIMS, he said.
He added the critical care unit of the hospitals have been adjudged best in the State for two consecutive years and attributed it to their best practices and care. Though Dr. Rathore denied any shortage of resources at the hospitals, there have been reports that many senior doctors have been running their own private hospitals.
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