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In Chhattisgarh, 4 children have died in Ambikapur hospital. He was admitted to the Special New Born Care Unit (SNCU) here. Meanwhile, there was a power failure here on Sunday night. The next morning it is learned that 4 children have lost their lives. At the same time, the relatives of the children have made serious allegations regarding the whole matter. Relatives say that she died due to the negligence of the hospital.
This whole matter pertains to the Mother and Child Hospital located at the Medical College. Given the condition of the children here, they were admitted to the Special Care Neonatal Unit. But on Saturday night there was a power cut in the hospital for half to a quarter of an hour. In the middle of this, it was learned on Monday morning that 4 children had lost their lives.
The family members are in bad condition by crying.
Management said – the condition of the children is already critical
On the other hand, on hearing this news, the family members got angry. The relatives started saying that the electricity had stopped. Because of this children have lost their lives. The hospital has also committed negligence. At the same time, the hospital management says that the electricity had definitely stopped for some time. But ventilator and oxygen support was on. The condition of the children was already critical.
Senior officers have reached the hospital.
Senior officers reached the hospital
Here, as soon as the news of this matter came, all the officers including the dean of the hospital Ramanesh Murthy, Collector Kundan Kumar and CMHO PS Sisodia had reached the spot. After inspecting the ward, Collector Kundan Kumar has said that the children were in critical condition. We have also spoken to the doctors. He said that due to the problem of electricity, ventilators or whatever other facilities are there. It was not closed. We will get it re-examined.
I have spoken to the electrician, he told that the power problem happened around 1:30 in the night. The panel was burnt, but the back-up for the SNCU was fully functional. Now this information has been received, we will form a technical team, will also get the CCTV footage examined.
Relatives of the children.
After the incident, a child’s family told that whatever happened, it happened because of a light round. Children are kept in the open. The family said that the light was round for a long time. But the management did not make any arrangements. Didn’t understand anything. Later we were informed about the death.
Minister TS Singhdev
The statement of Health Minister TS Singhdev has also come to the fore in this matter. He said that I have received information about the death of 4 children. That’s why the departmental chief officer has called the health secretary and instructed to immediately constitute an investigation team and get the investigation done. I have also informed the CM about this. I myself will go to the hospital and take stock. This thing will be found out. It will be seen where the shortcomings have come. We will go to the spot and get information. Will also talk to family members. Strict action will be taken if needed.
Every kind of serious illness of the newborn can be treated in SNCU.
Know about SNCU ward
SNCU has all kinds of arrangements like ventilator, phototherapy device, c-pap for the treatment of newborns. Which is operated 24 hours under the supervision of a doctor, trained ANM, GNM. Every kind of serious illness of the newborn can be treated in SNCU.
Here very low birth weight, breathing problem, not crying after birth, suffering from respiratory distress syndrome, suffering from abdominal problem since birth, intermittent breathing, many types of pneumonia like Sick children are treated. Here, keeping him under 24-hour surveillance, he is treated by specialist doctors so that he can be cured. Many times it has been seen that after birth the child is very weak. In such a situation, he is treated after being admitted to the SNCU ward.
Even a year ago, 4 children died
And a year ago, 4 newborns admitted to Ambikapur Medical College-cum-District Hospital died within 3 hours. All the newborns were admitted in SNCU. After this, angry relatives created ruckus in the hospital in the morning and blocked the road in front. The relatives raised questions on the medical system alleging negligence in the treatment of the children.
The children who died were between 36 days to 2 days old. Of these, three were born at the Medical College Hospital. And the fourth newborn was admitted to the Medical College Hospital after being referred from Udaipur CHC. Due to the uproar by the family members on the death of the newborn, a situation of chaos was created in the hospital. They were mourning with the dead bodies of the children in their arms and cursing the management. Read full news here
Bed was not given for 3 hours, mother and child died
Earlier, a mother and her child died during delivery at Ambikapur Medical College on Wednesday due to lack of treatment and gross negligence of the staff. After this the family created a ruckus in the hospital. However, whoever saw the woman’s elder daughter crying in agony for her mother, also had tears in her eyes. The husband also tearfully narrated his tragedy that how the attitude of the hospital took his wife’s life.
According to information, a woman named Subuk Tara, a resident of Pratappur in Surajpur district, was referred to Ambikapur Medical College Hospital. The woman’s husband Israel brought his wife to Ambikapur Medical College at 12 noon on Tuesday by making arrangements. Both the children were also with him. The woman was going to become a mother for the third time. The family alleges that when they reached the hospital, they could not get a bed for 3 hours. His wife continued to suffer waiting for a bed in the hospital premises. His health was deteriorating, but the staff did not lose heart even after making many requests.read full news
Raipur hospital accepts death of 5 newborns in 28 hours
A year ago, five children had died in Raipur within 28 hours. This fact was accepted by the hospital management itself. After the family’s allegations, the district hospital management had given clarification. He said – within 24 hours only 2 newborns have died. However, in the data sent by him on the death of newborn children from July 17 to July 20, he had given detailed information about the death of 5 children from 5.30 pm on the 19th to 9.00 pm on the 20th.
Dainik Bhaskar had investigated this matter. There was a crowd of worried relatives of the children outside the postnatal ward. The father of a newborn girl, who came from Mungeli district on the condition of anonymity, said that his wife had a normal delivery here on Monday. The girl child is very weak. They are extremely scared of yesterday’s uproar. Said that two of his children had died after birth. Claimed that at least three children had died in the same evening.read full news