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DEHRADUN: Taking cognisance of the death of a woman and her newborn who were allegedly denied a bed at the Government Doon Medical College Hospital (GDMCH), the Uttarakhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Saturday directed the state health department to compensate the family of the deceased. The panel also said that the report of a three-member committee set up to investigate the incident should be submitted to it. While the scheme is being launched statewide from Pauri, it will also be launched at the local level in the state capital. The additional medical education secretary Yugal Kishore Pant, who had inspected GDMCH on Friday, also conducted an inspection of the Gandhi Shatabdi Hospital in the city. at the hospital..