Gorakhpur

16 Children Die At Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College In Last 24 Hours

Lucknow News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday October 9, 2017

Sixteen children, including ten infants, died at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur during the last 24 hours, authorities said on Monday.

8 Infants Die At Assam Hospital In 24 Hours

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday October 6, 2017

In a reminder of the tragedy in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, eight infants have died in a span of 24 hours at the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital in Assam's Barpeta district. Five children died on Wednesday night and three on Thursday, as per hospital records.

For Yogi Adityanath, 5 Days Of Dussehra At Gorakhnath, Grand Diwali Plan In Ayodhya

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Saturday September 30, 2017

On Dussehra, when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stepped out of the Gorakhnath temple in his former Lok Sabha constituency Gorakhpur and led a procession atop an open jeep draped in saffron colours to the local Ramlila ground, it was the final act in a five day stay at the Gorakhnath temple this year - it has been a yearly ritual for ...

'Don't Give Such Punishment...,' Class 5 Boy On Teacher In Suicide Note

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 22, 2017

A Class 5 student allegedly killed himself at his home in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur after he was 'punished' by his class teacher, police said on Thursday. Eleven-year-old Navneet Prakash was a student of Saint Anthony School

In His Suicide Note, 12-Year-Old Accuses Teacher Of 'Extreme Punishments' And Stripping

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday September 22, 2017

The teacher of a school in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh was arrested on Thursday under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for abetting suicide by a Class V student, police said.

In UP, Class IX Girl 'Thrown Off' School Building, Dies

Lucknow News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 19, 2017

A girl student of Class IX, studying in a private school in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, died on Monday after falling off the third storey of the building on Monday, police said.

Oxygen Supplier Arrested In Gorakhpur Child Deaths Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 17, 2017

The owner of Pushpa Sales, which supplied oxygen to the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College where dozens of children died last month, was today arrested in connection with the case.

Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy: Ex-Chief Pharmacist Surrenders

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 13, 2017

Former chief pharamacist of the BRD Medical College today surrendered in a city court in connection with the child deaths in the state-run hospital here last month and was remanded in judicial custody.

After Being Rocked By Child Deaths In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh To Get Over 2,000 Doctors

Press Trust Of India | Wednesday September 13, 2017

Lucknow: Over 2,000 doctors will be posted at government hospitals in Uttar Pradesh in the coming days, a step which comes in the backdrop of criticism over poor health facilities in the state which was rocked by child deaths in Gorakhpur. Uttar Pradesh health minister Siddharth Nath Singh on Wednesday said that posts of 7,328 doctors had been lyin...

Gorakhpur Deaths: Ex-Head Of Hospital's Anaesthesia Department Surrenders

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 12, 2017

The former head of the Anaesthesia department at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Dr Satish today surrendered in a local court here, taking to five the number of those held in connection with the death of children in the hospital.

Kailash Satyarthi On His 'War' Against Rape Of Children

India News | Written by Himanshu Pati Tripathi | Sunday September 10, 2017

Days before he embarks upon a 'Bharat Yatra' from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi shared his quest for a "war against rape and sexual abuse of children".

Fourth Accused Arrested In Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 9, 2017

The Uttar Pradesh police has arrested a clerk of the BRD Medical College in connection with the death of dozens of children at the state-run hospital last month, the fourth arrest in the case.

10 More Children Die At Gorakhpur Hospital

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 5, 2017

Ten more children died of various illnesses at the state-run BRD Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur today, taking the number of those who have died to 1,351 this year. One of the 10 children suffered from acute encephalitis syndrome or AES, said Dr PK Singh, principal of the medical college.

In UP Again, 49 Children Die In Hospital Allegedly Due To Oxygen Shortage

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday September 4, 2017

49 babies died in a month at a government hospital in Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, it has emerged just days after the child deaths at a hospital in Gorakhpur last month. Grieving parents have blamed a shortage of medicine and oxygen, in a tragic replay of the Gorakhpur deaths. The state government, however, emphatically denied it today.

Gorakhpur Child Deaths: Sacked Paediatrician Arrested

India News | Written by Snigdha Basu | Saturday September 2, 2017

A doctor was arrested from Gorakhpur today in connection with the deaths of over 60 children in BRD Medical College and Hospital last month.

Allahabad High Court Orders Inspection Of Gorakhpur Hospital

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 31, 2017

The Allahabad High Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (UPSLSA) to inspect Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur where a large number of children died recently owing to various reasons, including disruption of oxygen supply and encephalitis

BRD College Principal, Wife Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody Over Gorakhpur Tragedy

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 31, 2017

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur on Thursday sent suspended BRD Medical college Principal and his wife to 14-day judicial custody in connection with 60 children's deaths within seven days.

Yogi Adityanath's Comment Mocking Parents Criticised By AAP

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 31, 2017

The AAP's UP unit on Wednesday lashed out at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his statement that people in future might produce children and then leave it to the governments to take care of them.

1,250 Children Died At Gorakhpur Medical College Since January: Official

Cities | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 30, 2017

A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur in the month of August, of which 213 died in the neo-natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, principal PK Singh said.

61 Child Deaths In 72 Hours At Gorakhpur Hospital, 'Number May Go Up'

India News | Written by Snigdha Basu | Wednesday August 30, 2017

Sixty one children have died in the last 72 hours at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur, just three weeks after 70 children lost their lives due to the alleged shortage of oxygen at the same facility. In the last 24 hours, 19 children have died of whom four died of encephalitis. The other children died at the hospital's neo-nata...

Teen Raising Funds For Oxygen After Gorakhpur Tragedy

Thomson Reuters Foundation | Wednesday August 30, 2017

NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old schoolgirl in Uttar Pradesh has launched a charity to provide oxygen to impoverished patients after more than 60 people, nearly half of them children, died allegedly due to a lack of oxygen at the main government hospital in her home town Gorakhpur. The patients died from encephalitis, a disease which causes brain inflammat...

90 Infant Deaths Reported At Karnataka Hospital This Year: Report

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 25, 2017

Days after the Gorakhpur incident, the Karnataka health department has said 90 infant deaths were reported from a district hospital in Kolar since January, of 1,053 babies admitted.

Gorakhpur Deaths: FIR Against 9, Additional Chief Secretary Shunted

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 24, 2017

An FIR has been registered against nine persons, including the former principal of Gorakhpurbased BRD Medical College, in connection with the deaths of over 60 children there due to alleged lack of oxygen supply, police said today.

Gorakhpur Tragedy: Top Uttar Pradesh Bureaucrat Removed

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday August 23, 2017

Initiating action against officials responsible for the Gorakhpur tragedy in which over 60 children died in five days, the Yogi Adityanath government has removed Additional Chief Secretary (Medical Health) Anita Bhatnagar Jain.

Gorakhpur Infants' Death: Probe Panel Submits Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 22, 2017

The high-power committee probing the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy today submitted its report to the Uttar Pradesh government.

A Long Road To Recovery For Encephalitis Survivors In Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur

| Monday August 21, 2017

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh: Raj Gautam, 2, is recovering from encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh’s Baba Raghav Das hospital in Gorakhpur, which saw deaths of 23 children on August 10 due to short supply of oxygen. The two-year-old’s road to recovery has been slow. His physician Dr PN Gupta said that he has lost sensation in his right leg. “We have ...

4 Babies Die Allegedly Of Low Oxygen In Raipur Hospital, Drunk Staff Held

Cities | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday August 21, 2017

Four children died on Sunday in a hospital in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur allegedly because an attendant, drunk on duty, passed out and the oxygen supply stopped. The attendant, Ravi Chandra, has been suspended from Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Hospital and arrested

Gorakhpur Deaths: It's A 'Government-Made Tragedy', Says Rahul Gandhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 20, 2017

Terming the deaths of scores of children at a state-run hospital in Gorakhpur as a "government made tragedy", Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should not try to cover up the matter.

Gorakhpur Hospital Patients, Doctors Hope For Better Infrastructure

India News | Written by Snigdha Basu | Saturday August 19, 2017

Many parents are anxiously waiting at Baba Raghav Das hospital's intensive care unit or ICU ward despite over 70 child deaths last week

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Targets Rahul Gandhi, Says Gorakhpur Not A 'Picnic Spot'

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 19, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today hit out at Rahul Gandhi over his planned visit here saying the "yuvraj (prince) sitting in Delhi" cannot be permitted to make Gorakhpur "a picnic spot".