Kolkata Infant Deaths

Sixteen infants have died over six days in Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital, senior health officials in the city confirmed. The cause of the deaths is yet to be ascertained.

14 infants have died at the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal in the past 24 hours.

Fifteen crib deaths were reported at the state-run B C Roy child Hospital since Tuesday.

BC Roy Hospital, Kolkata's premier child care facility, has seen 36 infant deaths in the last five days. And yet, top medical officials in the Mamata Banerjee government have denied any kind of negligence at the state-run hospital as the cause of the deaths.

At least 36 infants are reported to have died at a government-run children's hospital in Kolkata in the last five days.

Blaming a section of the media for joining the opposition chorus over death of babies in state-run hospitals, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today dubbed it as 'rumour' since the child mortality rate has dropped in the state.

Underlining yet again the poor health infrastructure in West Bengal's government hospitals, six babies have died in a Malda district hospital, officials said on Thursday.

As the tragedy of infant deaths is slowly unfolding in West Bengal - an alarming 45 deaths in just one week - Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continues to maintain a stoic silence.

There have been more more infant deaths in Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital since Thursday night, taking the total death toll this week to 17.

It was a dark Diwali for several families whose babies were admitted to Kolkata's BC Roy Paediatric Hospital. At least 13 infants have died in the last 48 hours, four of them on Wednesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the BC Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata today, where 21 infants had died in a span of 48 hours, triggering a wave of protests by angry family members who had lost their children. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tried to defend the doctors, declaring, "Doctors are doing their best with the existing...

A hospital in Kolkata says it cannot be accused of negligence despite the fact that 21 babies have died there in the last two days.The BC Roy Hospital, run by the government, says the children who died were admitted in critical condition. The state's Health Secretary MN Roy stood by that, explaining that last June, close to 280 children were admitt...

A shocking case of 21 infant deaths in the last three days has come to light from Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital. Angry families claim negligence on the part of the hospital authorities. They smashed hospital furniture and blocked a road for close to an hour, triggering a police lathicharge on Thursday. The situation is reportedly calm today, and parent...

Sixteen infants have died over six days in Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital, senior health officials in the city confirmed. The cause of the deaths is yet to be ascertained.

14 infants have died at the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal in the past 24 hours.

Fifteen crib deaths were reported at the state-run B C Roy child Hospital since Tuesday.

BC Roy Hospital, Kolkata's premier child care facility, has seen 36 infant deaths in the last five days. And yet, top medical officials in the Mamata Banerjee government have denied any kind of negligence at the state-run hospital as the cause of the deaths.

At least 36 infants are reported to have died at a government-run children's hospital in Kolkata in the last five days.

Blaming a section of the media for joining the opposition chorus over death of babies in state-run hospitals, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today dubbed it as 'rumour' since the child mortality rate has dropped in the state.

Underlining yet again the poor health infrastructure in West Bengal's government hospitals, six babies have died in a Malda district hospital, officials said on Thursday.

As the tragedy of infant deaths is slowly unfolding in West Bengal - an alarming 45 deaths in just one week - Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continues to maintain a stoic silence.

There have been more more infant deaths in Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital since Thursday night, taking the total death toll this week to 17.

It was a dark Diwali for several families whose babies were admitted to Kolkata's BC Roy Paediatric Hospital. At least 13 infants have died in the last 48 hours, four of them on Wednesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the BC Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata today, where 21 infants had died in a span of 48 hours, triggering a wave of protests by angry family members who had lost their children. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tried to defend the doctors, declaring, "Doctors are doing their best with the existing...

A hospital in Kolkata says it cannot be accused of negligence despite the fact that 21 babies have died there in the last two days.The BC Roy Hospital, run by the government, says the children who died were admitted in critical condition. The state's Health Secretary MN Roy stood by that, explaining that last June, close to 280 children were admitt...

A shocking case of 21 infant deaths in the last three days has come to light from Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital. Angry families claim negligence on the part of the hospital authorities. They smashed hospital furniture and blocked a road for close to an hour, triggering a police lathicharge on Thursday. The situation is reportedly calm today, and parent...