KOTA, India: In a dimly lit shanty in northwestern India, Padma Rawal sobs inconsolably as she recalls losing her 5-month-old infant, and recounts the hospital ordeal she endured last month.
But details from affected families and two preliminary investigations have emerged, embarrassing the regional government and local health authorities.Advertisement"Why are you crying? Your child is going to die anyway," Padma recalled one doctor telling her, as she sat weeping beside her husband, Sanjay, and daughters - Kanika, 6, and Purvi, 4.
Around three quarters of the recent deaths occurred in JK Lon's neo-natal intensive care unit , which treats babies up to a month old, said an official directly aware of the matter. Pooja, holding her sick 2-month-old infant in her lap, said authorities distributed blankets and room heaters only late last week, despite a severe cold wave across northern India since late December.
A separate probe by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, a government agency, found that infrastructure and sanitation was"pathetic".The deaths and surrounding furore set off a row between India's two main political parties. The BJP hit back, saying appropriate funding has been assigned to the state under the National Health Mission and urged the state to request further financial support.
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