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Raipur, Oct 17 (PTI) Four newborn babies died at a government medical college and hospital in Chhattisgarh"s Surguja district in the last two days, prompting the state government to call an emergency meeting of officials.
Hospital authorities, however, said there was nothing “unusual” about these deaths and that these babies died due to birth-related complications.
The deaths occurred at the Government Medical College Affiliated Hospital (GMCH), Ambikapur, the district headquarter of the Surguja district, located around 300 km away from Raipur, officials said.
“While one death took place on October 15 late night, three other infants died the next morning.
All four infants, aged 4 to 28 days, were referred from other hospitals after their birth,” said Dr Lakhan Singh, Superintendent, GMCH.
He said one of the babies died at the pediatric ward while three others at the Special Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) of the hospital.